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WAR/LAW: Ignorance of History

"No compromise with the main purpose, no peace till victory, no pact with unrepentant wrong." "Luck is the residue of design." Covering the Front and Back Pages of the Newspaper Ed Morrissey has some fun with an article contending that if trials were ...

From BASEBALL CRANK, Baseball Crank,  24 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Al-Qaeda

POLITICS: Yes, She Can?

Gallup polls over the past 60 years show that no president with an approval rating under 47 percent has won reelection, and no president with an approval rating above 51 percent has lost reelection. (George W. Bush's approval rating in the weeks ...

From BASEBALL CRANK, Baseball Crank,  24 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Gallup,  U.S. Republican Party,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Bill Clinton

POP CULTURE: Makin' Some Noise

What at first sounded like drudgery, Mr. Petty says, digging through 30 years of concert recordings for the coming "Live Anthology," turned into an "adventure." Engineer Ryan Ulyate made the first pass through the recordings in the Heartbreakers' ...

From BASEBALL CRANK, Baseball Crank,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: American Museum of Natural History,  Bob Seger

WAR/LAW: Everyone Is A Critic

A legal team is going to New York to prevent the use of evidence provided by Germany in seeking a death penalty. Berlin wants to ensure that promises made by the US are kept if the suspects are found guilty. Want an illustration of problems faced ...

From BASEBALL CRANK, Baseball Crank,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Khalid Sheikh Mohammed,  U.S. Department of Justice,  Al-Qaeda

BASEBALL: Ray of Offense

As you can see, the offensive context has fluctuated, but when you adjust for the league, Tampa's offense has shown gradual, year-on-year improvement, albeit not dramatic improvement, with the offense becoming incrementally more patient, more ...

From BASEBALL CRANK, Baseball Crank,  21 Nov 2009

POLITICS: The Arsenal of Medicine

Raymond Raad, a resident in psychiatry at New York Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center and co-author of a new Cato study, presented evidence showing that the United States leads the world in the development of drugs, medical devices, ...

From BASEBALL CRANK, Baseball Crank,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Arsenal Football Club,  U.S. Democratic Party

POP CULTURE: Special Night, Beard That's White...

"No compromise with the main purpose, no peace till victory, no pact with unrepentant wrong." "Luck is the residue of design." Covering the Front and Back Pages of the Newspaper I'm posting this one just so I can use a sentence I'm sure I will never ...

From BASEBALL CRANK, Baseball Crank,  20 Nov 2009

BLOG: Quick Links 11/20/09

"No compromise with the main purpose, no peace till victory, no pact with unrepentant wrong." "Luck is the residue of design." Covering the Front and Back Pages of the Newspaper The Southwest Georgia Community Action Council, after receiving about $1 ...

From BASEBALL CRANK, Baseball Crank,  20 Nov 2009

WAR: Dear Fred Thompson: Let's Not Do This Again

"It really doesn't matter how President Obama divides the Afghan baby, how he splits the difference between McChrystal and Biden. Because the war has been lost," Thompson said on his radio show today. "I say this because of one sad and simple fact. ...

From BASEBALL CRANK, Baseball Crank,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  U.S. Republican Party,  Taliban,  Al-Qaeda,  White House

BASEBALL: Twice As Nice

The baseball writers for once got both Cy Young Awards right. One thing that jumps out as a sign of the times: neither 15-game-winner Tim Lincecum nor 16-game-winner Zack Greinke (both of whom were "supported" by weak offensive teams) had so much as 25 ...

From BASEBALL CRANK, Baseball Crank,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Cy Young,  Tim Lincecum,  Zack Greinke,  Lefty Grove,  Sandy Koufax

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