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Baghdad Burning
For those of you who have been asking about me and wondering how I have been doing, I thank you. “Lo khuliyet, qulibet…” Which means “If the world were empty of good people, it would end.” I only need to … Continue reading
Will Ware be stuck with the bill?
As the civil rights historian Taylor Branch put it in his landmark analysis of the NCAA, “the real scandal is the very structure of college sports, wherein student-athletes generate billions of dollars for universities and private companies while earning nothing … Continue reading
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4-Billion-Pixel Panorama From Curiosity Rover Brings Mars to Your Computer Screen
Mars Gigapixel Panorama – Curiosity rover: Martian solar days 136-149 in The World After several technical glitches shut down operations for a while, Curiosity resumed its science investigations earlier this week. Before the shutdown, the rover had been hard at … Continue reading
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End the NCAA’s Long Con: Why Student-Athletes Should Be Paid and the Higher Education Bubble Should Pop
College basketball and football together generate more than $6 billion in annual revenue. Television deal terms are skyrocketing. Two years ago, the NCAA and CBS/Turner Sports agreed on a $10.8 billion deal to broadcast March Madness basketball games till 2024. … Continue reading
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What Woodward’s John Belushi book can tell us about the sequester scandal.
First off, Woodward wrongly calls the cafeteria scene a rehearsal, when half the point of the story is that Belushi pulled it off without ever rehearsing it once. Also, there’s actually nothing in the anecdote to indicate laziness or lack … Continue reading
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