JobSearchFilter: How do I explain years of non-documented interest and knowledge in an interview, and where can I look to search for shipping industry employment? For full disclosure, I'll put a shorted version of my CV/circumstances at the top here: I graduated from a US University with a BS in Pol...

Today, we round out the bottom five in our organizational rankings series. And, for those of you who haven’t seen the first four parts (which are linked below), keep in mind that this is a forward looking exercise - we are evaluating clubs on their overall ability to contend for a World Series...

Driving through Tenaha, Texas, doesn't pay for some Email Picture Howard Witt / Chicago Tribune The Tenaha, Texas welcome sign on March 3. The tiny east Texas town is making money by pulling over black motorists and seizing their cash and property without charging them with any crime. A lawsuit alle...

Suffocation have been busy finishing up their forthcoming album, Blood Oath. I’ve got my tickets for Tuesday’s show in Raleigh and hopefully I’ll have an interview as well. If you have the means, hit the Blood Apocalypse tour with Whitechapel, Beneath The Massacre, Veil Of Maya, De...

It's time to check those preseason picks and see just how different reality turned out to be... First, the Big Ten predictions: After predicting each Big Ten game, State Journal reporter Joe Rexrode expects Michigan State to finish second in the league standings to Purdue, and for four Big Ten t...

"A Killing in Texas," is Richard Bernstein's review at Daily Beast. If you're at all like me you've always assumed that the criminal justice system generally works pretty well in these United States, even knowing how slowly its wheels turn and that serious mistakes are made. Da...

Chuck Norris wants to give up.  He doesn't think it's worth fighting anymore, and that we should just get out.  Who's "we" and what does "get out" mean? In this case, "we" is apparently those who hate most or all the rest of America, and "get out" means seceding from the union: When I appe...

There may be no better man to target for cheap swipes than Houston’s Michael Bourn, right. Welcome back to the 2009 RotoRob MLB Draft Kit. Over the next few weeks, we will be rolling out cheat sheets with analysis, essays and the classic Top 10 Lists that Fantasy Owners Always Wanted But Were ...

From The Chicago Tribune's Howard Witt: Highway robbery? Texas police seize black motorists' cash, carsSuit says cops force motorists, largely black, to forfeit cash and cars—or be charged with trumped-up crimesBy Howard Witt Tribune correspondentMarch 10, 2009 TENAHA, Texas— You can drive into ...

Nine days until WINTERGIRLS is released... We have the final tour schedule: I start on the West Coast, head South and loop around up to North Carolina. I apologize to the Mid-west! I spent a lot of time there on the CHAINS tour and suspect that my publisher didn't want me to revisit the area again s...