There was a time in this country when a snow storm didn’t throw airline travel into a tailspin for 2 - 3 days.  The Atlanta airport was just crazy.  More on this later. Rick Santelli’s rant that got so much publicity may have been planned.  Right wing billionaires were probably behind...

I’m not sure why this is so popular, but it is one of the videos that have blown up over the last couple of days. What I learned from this video is that David Garnett, who is a great basketball player, really can’t kick a soccer ball. David Beckham, one of the most celebrated soccer st...

Friday Morning News Roundup I continue to be amazed at how Senator Ronald Burris has gone from political genius to a national embarrassment. Now it appears that former Governor Rod Blagojevich hired Ronald Burris, II , as senior counsel, for the state’s Housing Authority in mid-September. This...

President Barack Obama is giving the State of the Union Address, which is not really a State of the Union. There is a lot of discussion about what he might say. Language Guru George Lakoff has a good post on DK about Obama’s progressive code. Six weeks ago, the smartest guy in Washington DC se...

Tuesday Morning News Roundup It appears that Karl Rove will be testifying on Capitol Hill about the nine fired US attorneys. Executive privilege will not cover Mr. Rove anymore. Rove’s lawyer, Robert Luskin, has suggested that Karl Rove will not take the fifth when testifying before Congress, ...

Early Monday Morning News Roundup The stimulus package has passed the House and the Senate and awaits the president’s signature. If you think the fight over the stimulus package is over, you’re wrong. There’s plenty more fighting to do. As Obama and his administration begin to lo...

Today the Senate should vote on the economic stimulus package.  The bill isn’t close to everything that we need but it is something.  I wrote the following for a local journal. ———- As I was growing up, in Texas, I began taking tennis lessons that a local tennis court.  I ...

Tuesday Night News Roundup President Obama has chosen Senator Gregg as his nominee for Secretary of Commerce. It is Black history month. Associate professor Melissa Harris Lacewell has a few comments on whether we still need to keep Black history month. In the spirit of bipartisanship which has aff...

Super Bowl Sunday The Arizona Cardinals versus Pittsburgh Steelers How the Steelers win -- There's a tendency in big games to try to surprise your opponent. This is what the Baltimore Ravens try to do when they played Pittsburgh in the conference finals. They tried to pass their way to victory. That...

Super Bowl Sunday The Arizona Cardinals versus Pittsburgh Steelers How the Steelers win — There’s a tendency in big games to try to surprise your opponent. This is what the Baltimore Ravens tried to do when they played Pittsburgh in the conference finals. They tried to pass their way t...