by Chip Ainsworth A standing-room perch at the finish line of tomorrow’s Kentucky Derby costs $1,400. Upstairs seating in Millionaires Row and the Turf Club is $6,000 a person, and nosebleed seats in the third-floor grandstand are $650. Trackside parking is $215 and custom-made mint juleps are $1,000. Such is the allure of being at […]
Archive | May 4, 2012
Dear NFLPA: why do you only represent the interests of the thugs?
In case you haven’t been following the New Orleans Saints bounty program story, here’s a quick summary: The team, under the direction of key members of the coaching staff, operated a bounty program that rewarded players for hits that injured opponents. In some cases, specific players were targeted, such as then-Viking QB Brett Favre in […]
Rove misfires, pitting Obama celebrity vs. Romney void
What is Turd Blossom thinking — or is he cowed by reactionary funders who think this election gets decided on personality and likeability? If so, Obama rules, the better campaign hustler and world’s greatest celebrity.
S&R Honors
Click here to learn more about past honorees...- Profiling the Tea Party: In defense of the IRS. Sorta. Or not.
- Saturday Video Roundup: “Imagine the Band,” by John Lennon and Wings
- The Rest is Noise (6)—Descent into the Maelstrom
- I hate handguns, but I have still considered owning one
- Redneck jokes are racist
- Mystery Unraveled: How a white, moderate, married, churchgoing, middle-class, middle-aged woman could vote for Obama
- An open letter to Burt Rutan, regarding his WSJ commentary on human-caused climate disruption
- Meet the men of Match.com: Really, guys, are you serious?
- Climate scientists still besieged
- Pelosi on Bush: “He’s not worth impeaching”
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wufnik: I tend to agree. There are a couple of other thing…
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Samuel Smith: For two times in two tries you have attempted to d…
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Jim Booth: May be much to what you say, here, Wuf. Think abou…
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Frank Dilatush: Interesting Sam, I thought I spoke _directly_ to t…
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