A Big Game

In about fifteen minutes, at 8:00PM ET, Florida State’s football team will host Notre Dame’s football team. Each team is undefeated halfway through the season, so the hype has been tremendous. There’s an added dimension to it, because FSU’s quarterback, Jameis Winston, is the reigning Heisman Trophy winner. The trouble is, he’s also a kid …

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Oh, no, not THEM!

There can be little more disheartening for a Dodgers fan than to see the hated Giants go to the World Series. That’s what is happening as of Tuesday next, though. I will be rooting very hard for the Royals to wipe the floor with the orange-and-black team.

“Republican Cuts Kill”

In a Facebook post this morning I wrote the following with a link to a Joan Walsh essay at Salon. Quoting her: “Isn’t it fair to ask whether the constant denigration of government, and the resulting defunding, now makes it harder to handle what everyone agrees are core government functions?” I continued in my own …

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Who the hell benefits here?

We give Israel about 3 billion bucks a year in various forms of aid. According to the Jerusalem Post, “Seventy-four percent of these funds must be spent on the acquisition of U.S. defense equipment, services, and training.” Secretary Kerry just announced we’ll give the Palestinians several hundred million bucks to help rebuild the buildings Israel …

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