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Chris Froome is winning like Lance Armstrong won
Tomorrow, barring the pavement opening up and swallowing him, Chris Froome of the Sky Team will win the Tour de France. And for the next “ten years” we’ll all wonder if he […]
British Open: Rory isn’t the new Tiger, but Tiger is the new Jack (Johnson, that is)
Tiger Woods would like history to compare him to Jack Nicklaus, but if history is paying attention, the more apt comparison is Jack Johnson. Like Johnson, he is the undisputed black champion […]
Zimmerman verdict: What ever happened to “Burn! Baby! Burn!”?
Apparently it’s impossible to prevent white men from beating and killing unarmed black men. It also seems impossible to convict them of their crimes. It’s not just Trayvon Martin. There was Rodney […]
Is the Tour de France clean now that Lance is gone? Not so much.
In France over the last two weeks, a Kenyan/South African/Brit named Chris Froome has been tearing up the Tour de France in a way not seen since the days of Eddie “The […]
With Zimmerman verdict, Florida court upholds Negro-hunting; Southern gun owners celebrate #NSFW
LeAnna Munro, local Ocala, Florida chapter president of the National Gun Rights Association, today issued the following statement in reaction to the Zimmerman verdict: “Today is a great day in the battle […]
ReligionWeek: How an atheist imagines heaven
God stands in the black complete cold of the lab watching ten thousand angels scurry about. Behind him Angel 104 shimmers past carrying a tray of energy tubes, in each tube a […]
Is religion obsolete?
It’s easy enough to see why spirituality and religion came to exist in the first place, but it’s impossible to understand why they still do. Financial analysts often use what is called […]
Mini-review: Book of Mormon
Last night I saw the musical Book of Mormon in Chicago. I confess, I didn’t really want to go. While I recognize the insane cleverness of South Park, I never really liked the […]
John Roberts needs to talk to Paula Deen and Aaryn Gries
Last week the Supreme Court voided the part of the Voting Right Act that singled out the south for special scrutiny, arguing that times have changed. Really? There’s a TV show called […]
