Cash for Clunkers

It’s always fun to play “guess the unintended consequences” whenever some new idiocy from Washington D.C. surfaces. The Cash for Clunkers program (CFC) will give between 3500 and 4500 dollars for cars with certain conditions (like low gas mileage) when they are traded in for new cars with better gas mileage.
Some think it’s a stupid [...]

Twins Predictions

Fearless predictions for the final half of the Twins season:
-Kevin Slowey will not get 20 wins.
-Scott Baker will win 8 more games
-R.A. Dickey’s ERA will stay below 4.00
-Justin Morneau won’t hit more than 30 home runs
-Joe Mauer will not hit .400, or even .390, but he will hit 25 home runs
-Joe Crede will miss 20 [...]

Buckley v. Baldwin

William F. Buckley debated James Baldwin at Cambridge over the issue of race, Enjoy. It’s about an hour.
Buckley’s warning against “The cynicism and despair” promoted by men like James Baldwin really rings true today.

Personal Update

I finished up my global leadership class in the MBA program, and assuming I get at least a 60% on my final paper I am more than halfway through the program. I have just about three weeks before I begin a summer term (they call it “early fall term”) and I was hoping to [...]

Hilarious

They’re brainwashed of course

Where’s the bias?
People Choose News That Fits Their Views
News readers gorge on media messages that fit their pre-existing views, rather than graze on a wider range of perspectives. In other words, they consume what they agree with, researchers say.
The finding comes out of a recent study which tracked how college students spent their time reading [...]

Dump Delmon Young?

The case against Delmon Young is strong. In about 1500 plate appearances in the majors he has about a 720 OPS (below average, and especially bad for a flank outfielder) and has a terrible glove.
The case for Delmon Young is more complex. An 880 OPS in the minors before he was old enough [...]

Burger Tour Request

To all the lovers of burgers in the Twin Cities, I need some help.
I need more burger places. I also need to hear about burger places currently on the tour that have closed down. See, I want to produce another edition of the burger tour sometime before election season in 2010.
So, [...]

From the Notebook

-Read “Dogs” by Wendy Boorer. It’s a reference book with brief descriptions of every recognized dog breed (as of 1980). Surprisingly well written. The author had a wonderful control of language. I’d been paging through this book my entire life, so I’d probably already read it. But it was worth [...]

Wednesday Hero

Aviation Ordnanceman 2nd Class (SEAL) Marc A. Lee
28 years old from Hood River, Oregon
Navy SEAL
August 2, 2006

“Marc was amazing. He was my best friend, my love,” his widow, Maya, said.
Petty Officer Marc A. Lee joined the Navy in 2001 and became an AO after completing Naval Air Technical Training. Later that year [...]