Notes of Interest

I haven't had a taste of their sauce yet but the name is killer . It could make them a million bucks.

I'm a citizen of a fascist state . The first high school dedicated to preparing students for the front lines in the Nation's homelan...

A better start for Alex Gordon this year as he goes yard for the second time this afternoon versus Jeremy Bonderman. It took Gordon until t...

I thought that the order of Joe Maddon's first four hitters on his lineup card today for the Rays was interesting. 1. Iwamura 2. Crawfor...

...where he left off. Carlos Marmol throws one and a third innings of scoreless, hitless, no walk, three strikeout out ball this afternoon...

Ken Griffey Jr. looked like he was running on two wooden legs today during the Brandon Phillips triple. I can relate.

I've been anxiously awaiting Jim Leyland's first lineup card of the '08 season. Recent additions Miguel Cabrera and Edgar Rente...

In a four minute audio snippet from NPR , Montana's governor goes off on the Federal Government and their threatened encroachment on sta...

From Andrew Sullivan yesterday, In a bunch of conversations - all casual, random, varied - with fellow journalists in Washington this past w...

Mariner manager John McLaren -- member of the Moneyball school . Take, for instance, McLaren’s acknowledgement of Bill James, the former nig...

As in the unavoidable Laws of Economics. John Robb lays out a brief synopsis of where America's multi-trillion dollar war is leading us...

Be careful how negative you go on your neighbors . You may have a tad bit of trouble selling your house.

Even statist loving columnists like Barry Rascovar understand the damage that the new 6% tax on computer services companies residing in Mary...

Whoa doctor! This may top anything that England's done recently .

I found this clip trolling on the anti- Ron Paul site, TNR

When it comes to nations smaller is better . Europe seems intent on slicing itself up into ever smaller pieces. In the next month, Kosovo is...

I must say his tie sports an excellent knot. Nice job.

Are there still people out there that believe Government is in business to protect you ?

For the Baseball Hall of Fame that is. I'm a Small Hall guy and for me to pick even three players is stretching it but there are some wr...

From the new TV series Junk Food Lobbyists Don't Have Enough Money comes this exciting episode. Federal lawmakers are considering the b...

I've always wondered about this .

Stillwell notes that some talking heads are beginning to question whether or not American troops should occupy Korea, Japan or Germany ind...

The Patriot Act and Patriot Act II's evil child will soon become law if the House's 404-6(!) vote in its favor passes the Senate an...

Ask and ye shall receive .

Luckily for the Democrats the only people that will move to Pennsylvania and Delaware due to the newly passed tax bill increase are voters w...

Images from Moscow during the November, 7th 1975 celebration of some Communist victory. Unlike in America, fedoras still ruled the day.

Edgar Renteria has already been moved. Now it's Orlando Cabrera getting moved to the Chicago White Sox in exchange for starter Jon Garl...

All the better for the world (including Americans) if Scotland and England break apart . With America's most powerful ally split in two...

The following are my predictions for Ron Paul in the Iowa, New Hampshire and Nevada primaries. I'm going to retain the right to change ...

Eating my lunch at work in the cafeteria afforded me the opportunity to watch Fox News on one of the big-screen TV's . For the first tim...

The fact that the Braves are going to be increasing their payroll by millions of dollars is quite the unexpected development. Perhaps a run...

From the Rolling Stone interview comes this deliciously accurate quote by Ron Paul. Giuliani seems to be the warmonger in chief — leading th...

The take on Sabathia's Cy Young Award win today from Baseball Prospectus . It's about the Benjamins, er, the innings. Sabathia pitc...

About 1-2 hours due east of where I grew up in upstate New York there exists a couple of regions whose best years have passed them by. The ...

A perfect example of the immorality of taxing authority occurred in Maryland over the weekend. Down in Annapolis the Democratic-dominated le...

If we assume the vig is 10% and the bets are $100 a game then the B-Burgs are up $80 on the year .

J.C. Romero is the classic example of the up and down performance of relievers on a year-to-year basis. The key with this group is to find ...

I can say with near certainty that no major league team has ever employed a six-man starting rotation over the course of an entire season. ...

By Ron Paul this morning .