Hitchens speculates that it's about to get a whole lot worse.

Notice that he provides a positive alternative to torture:
Skill, in these matters, depends on taking pains and not on inflicting them. You make the chap go through his story several times, preferably on video, and then you ask his friends a huge number of tedious questions, and then ( Read more... )

Ralph Wiley died today of heart failure. He was 52.

I was just learning to love this longtime sportswriter. I think it was his May 27 column for ESPN's Page 2 that did it:
You think Ben Wallace cares? You think Ben Wallace will shrink in front of Shaquille O'Neal and say, "Please, sir, may I have another?" Ben Wallace is one of 10 children of ( Read more... )

The Tigers lost 9-2 against Dontrelle Willis and the Marlins yesterday, ending a four-game winning streak. On the bright side of things, we actually had a four-game winning streak to end. And that streak was not compiled against creampuffs, but rather Atlanta and the defending World Series champs. That's not too shabby ( Read more... )

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When you have them on the floor, don't let them back up. Rest assured we won't make the same mistake again.

Lakers win after a desperation heave by the rapist sends the game to overtime.

Make no mistake, that is precisely what the New York Times reported today.

And I quote:
A team of administration lawyers concluded in a March 2003 legal memorandum that President Bush was not bound by either an international treaty prohibiting torture or by a federal antitorture law because he had the authority as commander in chief to approve any ( Read more... )

Ronal Reagan died over the weekend (as if you could have possibly missed it). A few thoughts:

1. Bummer. I didn't agree with Reagan politically, but he never did anything but serve his country the best he knew how. I'll tip my hat to that.
2. Also - Alzheimer's sucks. If you really want to support his legacy, don't watch 17 hours of CNN. Cut a ( Read more... )

Pistons win 87-75.

A sample exchange between me and my Laker fan roommate Joan:

Joan: Yap yap yap.
Todd: Right. So the Pistons won, right?
Joan: Yap yap yap.
Todd: Right. So the Lakers lost, right?
Joan: Yap yap yap.
Todd: Right. Pistons in 5.

Expect a full report tomorrow.

I'm tired as all get out, but we won!

Enjoy this Herseth ad while I recover.