From the very first words I had published on the Internet, I’ve tried to come up with clever ways to tie the world of sports to more important issues. Never have I been as successful as Bill Maher in this clip: -AR Update: The HBO police have taken the video off the web, but here’s [...]
Entries Tagged as 'bleeding heartery'
What He Said
October 20th, 2010 · No Comments · AR, Politics, Sports
Tags: Bill Maher·bleeding heartery·Brett Favre·Christine O'Donnell·Michelle Bachmann·Sarah Palin·white men
Stuff I Wish I’d Written
October 20th, 2010 · No Comments · AR
This. If I were black and had grown up in the inner city, the answer would be this. -AR
The Long View
December 2nd, 2009 · No Comments · AR, Law and Justice, Politics
One thing that’s long frustrated me about politics is how opportunistic partisans on both sides tend to be in the positions they take, latching on to arguments that may win a news cycle or a short-term victory but undermine longer-term arguments and priorities. While this practice can be infuriating when engaged in by Republicans, I [...]
Tags: bleeding heartery·criminal justice·hypocrisy·Maurice Clemmons·Mike Huckabee·Politics·Ta-Nehisi Coates·Willie Horton
Tying the Steelers to Supreme Court Nominations
July 22nd, 2009 · 1 Comment · AR, Law and Justice, Sports, Supreme Court
This is pretty ugly, and I fear it’s only going to get worse. From a purely selfish standpoint, as a die-hard Steeler fan and committed bleeding heart, this cannot end well. If Roethlisberger is clearly demonstrated to be guilty, then the Steelers future is ruined and two of the greatest months of my live are [...]
Tags: Ben Roethlisberger·bleeding heartery·Duke lacrosse·Kobe Bryant·Pittsburgh Steelers·sexual assault·Sotomayor
What if a white guy. . .
June 25th, 2009 · No Comments · AR, Politics, Supreme Court
Fantastic pieces in Slate’s “Supreme Court Breakfast Table” on double standards in the law. I’ve never understood why “double standard” has taken on such a negative connotation. The idea of making distinctions between, say, a race that was enslaved and legally oppressed for centuries and the race that enslaved and oppressed them strikes me as [...]
Tags: bleeding heartery·Slate·Sotomayor·What if Bill O'Reilly were gay?·white men
In Which I Call Myself a Horrible Person
June 12th, 2009 · 2 Comments · AR, Arts and Entertainment, Politics
Generally, only good things come from David Letterman entering the political fray. See, eg., his takedown of Bill O’Reilly on Iraq, his skewering of John McCain, and his ongoing humiliation of George Bush and Dick Cheney. So I really wish I could be fully on Letterman’s side in his feud with Sarah Palin. Letterman is [...]
Tags: bleeding heartery·Bristol Palin·David Letterman·George Bush is dumb·hypocrisy·jokes·Sarah Palin