“I’d argue that a number of important fissures define the current House congressional GOP — and the embrace of Trump and Trumpism is just one of them. Voting records, ties to the establishment and caucus membership, for instance, all played a role in how I measured Republican House members against one another, drawing on data as well as expert opinion.”
“Whenever fears of technology-aided plagiarism appear in schools and universities, it’s a safe bet that technology-aided plagiarism detection will be pitched as a solution.”
It’s fun to think that Elvis Presley’s cousin could be elected Governor of Mississippi as a Democrat, but I’ll take the under on his chances.
“In short, white Christians in antebellum America did not come to accept slavery because of their biblicism. They became biblicists because of their prior acceptance of slavery.”
“The Years Of Vitriolic Misogyny At The Heart Of The Paul Pelosi Attack”.
“It’s Saturday night, so I will be a bit snarky: they need to get a grip. A key aspect of any country’s national security is spying, and of course China and the U.S. are spying on each other. Shooting the balloon down as soon as it was spotted would have endangered Americans and made learning anything from it more difficult.”
“That is to say, by most standard metrics, the U.S. economy is doing just fine. And the parts that have looked weak are directly related to how CEOs are feeling. About 98% of CEOs surveyed by the Conference Board going into the fourth quarter of 2022 said that they expected a U.S. recession. The reasons why are not entirely clear, but could be related to how the federal government has responded to recent inflation.”
Meet Ronnie Gajownik, the second female manager in the affiliated minor leagues and the first out LGBTQ person to have such a role.
RIP, Harry Whittington, Austin attorney and Republican activist best known for getting shot in the face by Dick Cheney.
Looks like you missed your chance to buy the National Enquirer on the cheap.
Everything you wanted to know about the 2023 MLB rule changes/a> but were afraid to ask.
“Major League Baseball, the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, and San Diego Studio are partnering to introduce legends from baseball’s Negro Leagues to MLB The Show 23.”
“Things That Don’t Exist in ‘The Last of Us’ Universe (Because the World Ended in 2003)”.
RIP, Charlie Thomas, Rock and Roll Hall of Famer with The Drifters.
“What Pete Buttigieg Could Do To Deal With The Horrors Of Air Travel In 2023″.
Still looking for the Tylenol murderer, forty years later. Hoping DNA can help.
“In recent years, Washington’s NFL team and Cleveland’s MLB team have finally dropped their racist mascots. But Kansas City in the NFL and Atlanta in MLB and Chicago in the NHL have avoided similarly broad calls for change. At least, for now.”
RIP, Burt Bacharach, legendary Grammy, Oscar and Tony-winning composer of many pop music hits.
Wait, so you’re telling me that James O’Keefe is a complete asshole? Boy, I never would have guessed.
RIP, Charles Silverstein, psychologist and therapist who played a key role in getting homosexuality declassified as a mental illness.