Devilish Thought Experiment

George W. Bush and Laura Bush watching Game 5 of the 2010 World Series, with Rangers slugger Josh Hamilton in the foreground. So if I were the Devil and had, by virtue of my position, perfect foresight, I think that last night I would have beamed myself over to the...

Riveting

My friend Dick complains that he finds it to sustain interest in soccer games because there is so little scoring, but i think that sometimes it’s precisely the lack of scoring that makes soccer “the beautiful game.” Goals like the one that Landon...

Massachusetts Meatheads

The AP has just called the special Massachusetts senate election for Republcan Scott Brown. Teddy Kennedy’s seat will be occupied by a Republican who will make it his personal mission to scuttle the healthcare initiative. Today I’ve found myself thinking...

Signing Up the Team

Major League baseball’s free agent-signing season began today, with the Yankees making a monster offer to the Milwaukee Brewers’ pitcher C. C. Sabathia. They’re apparently also planning big offers to free-agent pitchers Derek Lowe and A.J. Burnett....

Election Day Diary

It’s election day, arguably the most important election of my voting life. I’m going to be updating this post in the course of the day. 7:05 a.m. We’re in line to vote. Lucky for us, the polling place is just in our the back of the first floor of our...