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Gregg Easterbrook: Embrace Human Cloning

Human clones, it is widely assumed, would be monstrous perversions of nature. Yet chances are, you already know one. Indeed, you may know several and even have dated a clone. They walk among us in the form of identical twins: people who share exact ...

From GREGG EASTERBROOK, Wired,  21 Sep 2009
Related Topics: University of Chicago

Op-Ed Contributor: The Dirty War Against Clean Coal

WHILE President Obama’s cap-and-trade proposal to reduce greenhouse gases has been the big topic of recent environmental debate, the White House has also been pushing a futuristic federal project to build a power plant that burns coal without any ...

From GREGG EASTERBROOK, The New York Times,  29 Jun 2009
Related Topics: White House,  Barack Obama,  George W. Bush,  General Electric,  U.S. Republican Party

Gregg Easterbrook: What Is The "National Origin" of Apple Pie?

Gregg Easterbrook is the author of The Progress Paradox and the forthcoming Sonic Boom. Sonia Sotomayor's public statements are, like those of all recent Supreme Court nominees of both parties, being subjected to absurd hyper-scrutiny. But one ...

From GREGG EASTERBROOK, Huffington Post,  29 May 2009
Related Topics: Sonia Sotomayor,  John Roberts,  Samuel Alito,  U.S. Congress,  Census Bureau

Gregg Easterbrook: Madoff Could Have Fleeced his Victims Legally

What should Bernard Madoff's victims have known and when should they have known it? And what about the hidden 2007 George W. Bush administration decision that helped enable Madoff's crimes? The first question has a simple answer: most of them should ...

From GREGG EASTERBROOK, Huffington Post,  13 Mar 2009
Related Topics: Securities and Exchange Commission,  Wall Street Journal,  George W. Bush,  Bernard Madoff,  Chris Cox

Easterbrook: How 'bout them Cardinals!

Saturday night I was walking along the road to Damascus, and the scales fell from my eyes. OK, to Damascus, Md., not Damascus, Syria. Anyway I heard a voice crying "TMQ, TMQ, why do you persecute me?" The voice belonged to Kurt Warner. And I realized -- ...

From GREGG EASTERBROOK, SPECIAL TO PAGE 2, ESPN,  12 Jan 2009
Related Topics: Arizona Cardinals,  New York Giants,  AFC,  David Akers,  NFL

Easterbrook: Ministers of defense

The maxim is that offense sells tickets, while defense wins championships. This season, four of the five top offensive teams -- New Orleans, Denver, Houston and New England -- failed to reach the playoffs. In contrast, four of the five top defensive ...

From GREGG EASTERBROOK, SPECIAL TO PAGE 2, ESPN,  6 Jan 2009
Related Topics: Philadelphia Eagles,  NFL,  San Diego Chargers,  Mike Shanahan,  Tuesday Morning Corp.

Easterbrook: Day of reckoning

Sunday was the Single Most Interesting Day in NFL History, both for the numerous high points and for the Single Worst Game Ever Played, supplied by the Dallas Cowboys. Before we get to the particulars, let me make sure you know about the player of the ...

From GREGG EASTERBROOK, ESPN,  30 Dec 2008
Related Topics: NFL,  Dallas Cowboys,  The Eagles (musician),  Tony Romo,  Mark Clayton

Easterbrook: Armageddon

TMQ Cheat Sheet The NFC roster has Andre Gurode, Steve Hutchinson, Walter Jones, Chris Snee and Jordan Gross as starters and Chris Samuels, Leonard Davis and Shaun O'Hara as backups. Jones is a future Hall of Famer but has struggled ...

From GREGG EASTERBROOK, SPECIAL TO PAGE 2, ESPN,  22 Dec 2008
Related Topics: NFL,  Dallas Cowboys,  Arizona Cardinals,  New York Giants,  New York Jets

Easterbrook: Best team is far from decided

Finished. Done. Put butter and jam on them, as in, toast. That's the sports talk radio view of the defending champion Giants. They've lost two straight games! They can't run the ball! Their defensive line is terrible! And the Plaxico distraction ...

From GREGG EASTERBROOK, SPECIAL TO PAGE 2, ESPN,  15 Dec 2008
Related Topics: NFL,  White House,  New York Giants,  New York Jets,  Barry Sims

Easterbrook: Teams making the manly man plays!

Can TMQ claim victory? For years I denounced the big blitz, and in the past two seasons, big blitzing is way down -- there were only a handful of big blitzes this weekend. And long have I hammered on the point that NFL teams should usually go for the ...

From GREGG EASTERBROOK, SPECIAL TO PAGE 2, ESPN,  8 Dec 2008
Related Topics: NFL,  Harvard University,  Pierre Thomas,  New York Jets,  Detroit Lions

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