The NCAA Is Bloated – Business Insider
by Melanie on 08/04/12 at 10:24 pm
ay Bilas is one of ESPN and ABC’s top basketball analysts and is widely recognized for his thorough knowledge of the game.
Jay Bilas, of Espn.com, writes a cogent article about the NCAA’s relationship with athletes:
“The NCAA says, ad nauseum, that an athlete should be treated like any other student and that athletics is an avocation. That is pure nonsense. No other student or person in a university community is restricted from benefiting from their talent, name or likeness like the athlete.”
via The NCAA Is Bloated – Business Insider.
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Rachel Maddow: Rand Paul on civil, federal and business rights
In case you missed the interview that stirred up a helluva brouhaha:
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Rachel Maddow: Rand Paul on civil, federal and business rights.
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Doll test results haven’t changed since Jim Crow era – KansasCity.com
By JENEÉ OSTERHELDT
The Kansas City Star
“Most of the white children chose white kids for positive attributes. But honestly, I don’t think it’s a bad thing when kids are asked to point to the good child or the smart child and they pick the kid who looks most like them.However, it’s painful to watch so many [...]
Do Some Americans Pay No Taxes? The Contrived Claims That Everyone Must Help Pay for the Government
“What Does it Mean For a Person to Contribute to Society?
The argument that some people in the poorer half of the country are not contributing to fund the government is, therefore, simply incoherent once it is broken down and analyzed in depth. The government makes it possible for a modern economy to function. Some of [...]
The Bible on the Poor (or why God’s a liberal)
“The Bible contains more than 300 verses on the poor, social justice, and God’s deep concern for both. This page contains a wide sample of them, and some reflections. It’s aimed at anyone who takes the Bible seriously.”
via The Bible on the Poor.
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Deconstructing the facade of John Ensign – Las Vegas Sun
By J. Patrick Coolican
Monday, April 5, 2010 | 2 a.m.
“Last summer, Sen. John Ensign was with his wife, Darlene, at Palace Station for a meeting of Nevada Republican women.
It was a somewhat awkward venue, coming soon after he had confessed to an affair with his best friend’s wife, Cynthia Hampton, who had been Ensign’s campaign [...]
News in song
This is the coolest news video I’ve seen in, like, forever. It’s a song set to photos. From Time Magazine:
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Writer J.D. Shapiro, who wrote the movie ‘Battlefield Earth,’ apologizes to viewers and explains how the bomb came to be – NYPOST.com
“Let me start by apologizing to anyone who went to see ‘Battlefield Earth.’
“It wasn’t as I intended — promise. No one sets out to make a train wreck. Actually, comparing it to a train wreck isn’t really fair to train wrecks, because people actually want to watch those.”
via Writer J.D. Shapiro, who wrote the movie [...]
Ezra Klein – Jane Hamsher’s 10 reasons to kill the bill
“The world in which we kill the bill is a world in which everything just continues to get worse, and politicians are scared away from the issue for decades. A world in which we pass the bill is a world in which things get better, and politicians remember that they can pass big pieces of [...]
Twin John Ensign probes still going strong – Manu Raju and John Bresnahan – POLITICO.com
“Even as the Justice Department’s criminal probe into Sen. John Ensign continues to heat up, the Senate Ethics Committee shows no sign of shutting down its own investigation into the fallout from the Nevada Republican’s extramarital affair with a onetime staffer.”
via Twin John Ensign probes still going strong – Manu Raju and John Bresnahan – [...]
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