Al Franken and Taxes
Seventy-thousand dollars owed in taxes. For many Minnesotans this is more money than they see in a year. But, this tax thing could be good for Al Franken. Nothing can create empathy in the hearts and minds of the voters better than tax problems. Franken needs to embrace this scandal to get [...]

My First Game

In 1993 the Rockies were a lowly expansion team, and I was a young buck attending my first game.
Some interesting notes:
-Andres Galarraga, my favorite player growing up, hit a home run
-Bruce Froemming was the Home Plate umpire
-Rockies actually won 9-5
-Even more unusual, David Nied won
-Joe Girardi, a catcher, got a triple
Other stuff:
Time of Game: [...]

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Random Link o’ the Day:
http://www.mst3k.com/

As a McCain Supporter
I am not at all worried about the Ron Paul “takeovers” in caucus states. Nevada (the state mentioned in the story) didn’t even go for McCain, so who cares? McCain won’t lose the nomination even with the loss of caucus states. The only problem might be that the nomination [...]

Another Column Thing
Wanted to note I also contributed to this Bleacher Report column (which ranks teams and players so far in the baseball season).

Catching up on some Reviews III
The last one, for now.
Book: Lord High Executioner, Howard Engel
This is a book about various hangmen and executioners throughout history, focusing mostly on British hangmen. This book makes a case against the death penalty but does so under fallacy. The argument, repeated often throughout the book, is “people [...]

Twins Notes
I and a bunch of other Twins writers at the Bleacher Report discuss some of the goings so far this season in this article composed by Andrew Kneeland.

Who Is…

Rick Monday

Conservative Canon: Author Discussion
C.S. Lewis
Sometimes I worry if the canon is becoming a little Christian heavy. I definitely don’t want to keep conservative Jews or Neo-cons away (I assume Neo-con is a religion). The religion-heavy aspect of the canon stems from the fact I was late to the party and always way behind [...]