Say you’re running for President. And say that it’s a couple days before before a major primary season straw poll. In someplace semi-important, like, say, Iowa. Ask yourself, what kinds of headlines […]
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Great week in baseball history
We’ve seen some major historical moments in baseball in the last few days. First, Alex Rodriguez became the youngest man to hit the 500-homerun mark, doing so at 32 years and eight […]
Is the perfect real estate storm about to pop the housing bubble?
I’ve been waiting for the housing crash for awhile. I’m not an expert, but it has seemed to me that we have: a lot of empty existing units; a ridiculous excess of […]
Saturday Video Roundup: someone’s in the kitchen with Murdoc
Welcome back to another edition of Scholars & Rogues’ Saturday Video Roundup. Today we begin with television cooking shows, which are getting weirder with each passing day. (Thx to Wendie the C […]
Satan’s pajama party: Ken Starr in bed with Hillary Clinton, Dubya slays the GOP
They say that politics makes for strange bedfellows. But this is ridiculous. Kenneth Starr’s Law Firm Gives More Money to Clinton By Lindsay Fortado July 31 (Bloomberg) — Lawyers at Kirkland & […]
The UNFATHOMABLE cost of fixing ALL THOSE BRIDGES: a moment of perspective…
According to an article in today’s Washington Post: WASHINGTON — More than 70,000 bridges across the country are rated structurally deficient like the span that collapsed in Minneapolis, and engineers estimate repairing […]
Blogger’s Choice – thanks for your support
At the top of the column to the right you’ll see that S&R has been nominated for a Blogger’s Choice award in the Political Blog category. We’re obviously proud of that, and […]
Reframing the Republican lie about wealth in America
In America, the Republicans are seen as the party of money and wealth. This perception is certainly accurate in one sense – the GOP is the favored party of the wealthy elite. […]
Skip Prosser, RIP
Wake Forest University’s head basketball coach, Skip Prosser, died the other day of an apparent heart attack. He was only 56. Tributes are pouring in. The university community obviously grieves the tragic […]
Saturday video roundup: the good, the baaaad and the fugly….
It’s been a great week for videos. By all means, keep those links coming. First up, you may have seen this week’s report about drunk astronauts. Well, before you can be a […]
