Lead and Gold

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51228682009-07-11T12:09:08.040-04:00Lead and GoldMostly Politics and Businesscraighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04406916480207918404noreply@blogger.comBlogger2729125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5122868.post-19500237420049023912009-07-11T12:02:00.001-04:002009-07-11T12:09:08.053-04:00For serious football fans

Highly recommendedFootball, decisionmaking, and the brain

craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04406916480207918404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5122868.post-71043439454365035592009-07-11T09:16:00.001-04:002009-07-11T09:18:22.170-04:00And they say bloggers are self-absorbed

From Steve Sailer:a remarkable fraction of female journalistic output, at least the most heartfelt stuff, consists of demands for society to change so that that particular female journalist would be considered hotter looking.

craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04406916480207918404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5122868.post-73107995208367207272009-07-11T04:22:00.002-04:002009-07-11T04:27:02.248-04:00Why the Watergate narrative remains frozen in 1973

Watergate Figure John Dean Threatens to Sue Historian Over Damaging Tape RecordingsLove this quote from Fox News's James Rosen:My book speaks for itself, and I think it's noteworthy that Dean has entirely avoided engaging its substance. Dean himself is well aware that his historical reputation has suffered enormously in the last two decades, and so he resorts to frivolous litigation and bullying

craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04406916480207918404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5122868.post-88393463636301324472009-07-11T04:05:00.004-04:002009-07-11T04:17:31.917-04:00How we live now

RS McCain is back with another essay on the People Who Really Matter.IQ, Temperament and 'Meritocracy'

craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04406916480207918404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5122868.post-85038589100901924562009-07-10T15:24:00.003-04:002009-07-10T15:46:17.234-04:00Very true

From a emailer to Glenn Sacks:Many commentators are criticizing McNair because his murder revealed that he was apparently having an extramarital affair. This is another double-standard on men & DV–it’s very hard to imagine the media criticizing a married woman who was gunned down by her boyfriend.As i noted about Mary Winkler:The tabloid media (both online and cable) are handling the murder of

craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04406916480207918404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5122868.post-12638850946501150852009-07-10T11:27:00.002-04:002009-07-10T11:47:40.803-04:00Louisiana comes to Washington

Don't write anything you can phone. Don't phone anything you can talk. Don't talk anything you can whisper. Don't whisper anything you can smile. Don't smile anything you can nod. Don't nod anything you can wink.Earl Long'Put nothing in writing,' Browner told auto execs on secret White House CAFE talks; Sensenbrenner wants investigationCarol Browner, former Clinton administration EPA head and

craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04406916480207918404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5122868.post-68359326618169336182009-07-10T10:25:00.004-04:002009-07-10T10:51:38.333-04:00Public Enemies

James Bowman did not like the movie. I haven't seen it yet, so i cannot comment on many of his points. But i think he let's politics get in the way of history with this:Mr. Mann commendably refrains from putting the head G-man in a dress, but only because he doesn't have to in the furtherance of his portrayal of him as a publicity hound whose crime-fighting was nothing but a cynical (and

craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04406916480207918404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5122868.post-41658084774380903882009-07-10T09:46:00.002-04:002009-07-10T10:34:10.982-04:00Now they tell us

Reporter: 'We Took Sides, Straight and Simple' Against Palin

craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04406916480207918404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5122868.post-75791089135534855152009-07-09T09:26:00.002-04:002009-07-09T09:28:55.715-04:00Whiskey Tango Foxtrot

FBI agent gets deferred probation, community service for shooting dog“Disappointed but not surprised,” is how Jason and Amy Davis feel about the sentence handed down Wednesday to the local FBI agent who shot and killed their 3-pound Chihuahua, Sassy.Lovett Leslie Ledger, 40, was sentenced Wednesday by 54th State District Judge Matt Johnson to two years’ deferred probation and 300 hours of

craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04406916480207918404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5122868.post-23307350717654628682009-07-09T09:23:00.000-04:002009-07-09T09:24:45.374-04:00Garry Wills: The magnanimous apostate

William F. Buckley once joked that he worried that he was running a “finishing school for apostates” at National Review. He hired a number of talented young writersJoan Didion, John Leonard, Arlene Crocewho left the magazine and became decidedly non-conservative writers and journalists.The sharpest break came with former seminarian Garry Wills. He had the highest profile at the magazine and the

craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04406916480207918404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5122868.post-42874186228560715272009-07-08T09:30:00.001-04:002009-07-08T09:40:06.531-04:00An important new book on World War Two

From the review in The Telegraph:This is the first to focus on the leaders and their army chiefs of staff, the relatively unheralded George C. Marshall and Sir Alan Brooke (later Viscount Alanbrooke), who had the thankless task of advising their political masters on military strategy.Given the popularity of the period, Andrew Roberts has done exceptionally well to unearth some new material....

craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04406916480207918404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5122868.post-13139745160702392962009-07-08T08:23:00.000-04:002009-07-08T08:24:29.165-04:00Blogging then and now

This is a great post on how blogging has changed over the last six or seven years.The Blogosphere 2.0It is an astute assessment and every point strikes me as correct.I would add one point. Blog readership appears to be an intensely partisan audience. What pulls readers (skimmers?) is red meat for the true believers. Predictable punditry sells. It is the Crossfire model reborn so that only the

craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04406916480207918404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5122868.post-81651588954469921122009-07-07T18:07:00.003-04:002009-07-07T18:13:20.146-04:00Bummer

``Savran on Sportsbeat'' to be cancelledNow where am i supposed to get my fix of Penguin and Steelers inside dope?Tunch Ilkin, the Steelers radio analyst, came in a couple of times a week during the season and explained what happened and why. For my money he is better at this than anyone on ESPN or the broadcast networks. He always points out things that i missed during the game that turned out

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Harrisburg exhibit shows off current champions in 3 pro sportsYou just might call Pennsylvania the "state of champions."Three trophies marking three recent titles won by Pennsylvania teams were on display together, for the first time, today at the Capitol: the tall, silvery Stanley Cup, won by the Penguins last month; the silvery football of the Vince Lombardi trophy, won by the Steelers in

craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04406916480207918404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5122868.post-189470483031650762009-07-07T07:35:00.003-04:002009-07-07T07:46:16.676-04:00This is rarely noted in the "debates" about gun control

The UK has draconian laws on gun ownership. That has not made it a more peaceful society.The most violent country in Europe: Britain is also worse than South Africa and U.S.Britain's violent crime record is worse than any other country in the European union, it has been revealed.Official crime figures show the UK also has a worse rate for all types of violence than the U.S. and even South Africa

craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04406916480207918404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5122868.post-56115686274952217162009-07-07T07:16:00.002-04:002009-07-07T07:23:00.304-04:00Understanding Palin-hatred

Two outstanding posts: Feminists and the mystery of Sarah PalinBut after you’ve had a few of these myth-dispelling conversations, you start to realize that it doesn’t matter. These people don’t hate Palin because of the lies; the lies exist to justify the hate. That’s why they keep reaching and reaching for something else,More on Palin-hate? [continued…and continued…]You might say that

craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04406916480207918404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5122868.post-64623526644074886602009-07-03T11:33:00.003-04:002009-07-03T12:18:51.343-04:00I think this is what Forrest McDonald was talking about

Earth to Congress: Keep Your Hands Off of College Football and Pay Attention to Real Issues!Earlier this week, Senator Orrin Hatch (Republican, Utah) whined in an opinion essay (for Real Clear Politics) that the Senate needed more time to review the "large and complex record" of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor. Perhaps Hatch and the other members of the Judiciary Committee could devote more

craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04406916480207918404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5122868.post-48250442097117539442009-07-03T08:01:00.003-04:002009-07-03T08:16:08.803-04:00An unsurprising headline that should shock us all

Barney Frank Just Can't Stop Wasting MoneyThat's just Barney being Barney.It should be shocking because Frank is one of the major creators of the present financial crisis (especially the housing bubble and the Fannie/Freddie disaster).Yet here he is, still a big player in federal economic policy-making and still pushing policies like the ones that failed so miserably.More mediated democracy in

craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04406916480207918404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5122868.post-78991863425008494142009-07-03T07:50:00.001-04:002009-07-03T07:57:21.271-04:00Do-gooders

Miracles All Around UsOn the bottles of its signature drinks, the Boston Beer Company describes Samuel Adams as a brewer and patriot. Although he was instrumental in forming the Boston-area "Committee of Correspondence" that helped spark the American Revolution and was copied by other colonial towns, the beer bottle labels do not identify Mr. Adams as a "community organizer." Like other heroes of

craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04406916480207918404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5122868.post-15122054781835279242009-07-01T07:41:00.002-04:002009-07-01T07:45:30.725-04:00Hypocritical double standards

Victor Davis Hanson explains why the MSM is hypocritical when they discuss politicians's hypocrisy.Some Hypocrisies Are Not Hypocrisies

craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04406916480207918404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5122868.post-89158053086077396292009-07-01T07:34:00.002-04:002009-07-01T07:41:06.256-04:00Bailouts and crony capitalism

The Washington Post has a perfect example of crony capitalism:After Call From Senator's Office, Small Hawaii Bank Got U.S. AidSen. Daniel K. Inouye's staff contacted federal regulators last fall to ask about the bailout application of an ailing Hawaii bank that he had helped to establish and where he has invested the bulk of his personal wealth.The bank, Central Pacific Financial, was an unlikely

craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04406916480207918404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5122868.post-57276156902152059162009-07-01T06:54:00.003-04:002009-07-01T07:13:09.229-04:00The Pirates won't be denied

Nutting's determined to own consecutive losing season recordLastings' impression not positiveThe Pirates sent much of what remains of their melting fan base back into the full Nate McLouth/Jason Bay boil yesterday, trading still another popular outfielder for some highly suspicious baggage belonging to the worst team in the major leagues.The mid-afternoon acquisition of all tools-no job free

craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04406916480207918404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5122868.post-41202361463649367482009-06-30T17:45:00.001-04:002009-06-30T17:45:00.628-04:00Knowability Paradox

First posted Wednesday, July 07, 2004In the 6-21-04 Ad Age, Randall Rothenberg identified the Achilles heel of our large media companies:Our entire media-spindustrial infrastructure is undergirded by what I called the "Knowability Paradox." The less we know about how advertising and the media works, the more advertising and media there are. The closer we come to being able to measure not only the

craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04406916480207918404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5122868.post-28172194423867151712009-06-30T10:38:00.002-04:002009-06-30T10:43:59.073-04:00Brave men indeed

Two of the most fearless men on the internet:Steve Sailer on Ricci and its meaaning:In practice, "Disparate Impact" turns out to be just a fancy name for the kind of 19th Century corruption that Civil Service testing was instituted to abolish in the first place.R. S. McCain on role models:That there are in contemporary America successful female "role models" who are single and childless (e.g.,

craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04406916480207918404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5122868.post-80858949627753002052009-06-30T09:37:00.004-04:002009-06-30T10:10:00.697-04:00Understanding Honduras

From Sense of Events:The role of the Honduran militaryA short note here about the role of Honduras' military in the removal from office and exile to Costa Rica of President Mel Zelaya. I am dismayed at the reaction of the White House and Foggy Bottom - that they would be so quick to condemn the defense of democracy in Honduras by its military and so slow to attack the destruction of democracy in

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