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Slipstream-Chipolte is a cycling team that looks, on the face of it, like they are trying to seriously combat doping in cycling, to the poi...

I posted on Circuit City here . How are they doing now? Not so well : Circuit City Stores Inc., the second-largest U.S. consumer-electroni...

Since the Weekly World News is out of print. Today's Op-Ed: [Obama] skips the tie at major indoor events, not just outdoor rallies and...

I read the book a few years ago and was appalled. For those of you who didn't read it, Charlie Wilson was a Congressman who secretly fu...

It's not a reader, but a writer: So long as the user writes on paper printed with a special pattern, the smartpen transforms what is wr...

Do Bonds and/or Clemens get into the Hall of Fame?

Suppose I should say something about this. I've been saying for a while that in aerobic sports (running, cycling) there are no longer a...

Boy, there sure are a bunch of Hilliary staffers releasing unapproved messages these days. A positively alarming amount of freelancing. I ...

Yes, it's approaching, and with the end of the year comes the inevitable lists and quizzes. So far, this has been my favorite quiz. I...

Well, it doesn't really look like anyone has a really solid understanding of what's going to happen. On a quick read around, I thin...

I got my flu shot today. You should too.

Still trying to work through it, I'll have something tomorrow. Right now I'm trying to figure out who is left holding the bag, and ...

He has an amazing Op-Ed in today's WSJ called " How to Avert Recession ". I'm not sure he gives a way to avert recession i...

You should. Rudy : We knew that Rudy eventually had Judi Nathan assigned her own NYC police security detail. Now it seems that while their a...

That is, I swear, the title of an editorial in today's WSJ . It's an amusing read. Apparently the WSJ believes in free markets up to...

Haven't had one of these in a while. T-Mobile is out as a sponsor : T-Mobile, the professional cycling team that began this year with ...

I had to read this Op-Ed from Monday's NYT a few times and I'm still not sure I understand what exactly Stephanie Coontz is advocat...

Amazon introduced the Kindle yesterday. Amusingly, it's gotten 2 of 5 stars on Amazon's own web site (based on 353 reviews). The ...

That Goldman can issue a "Sell" rating on Citibank. I'd think there'd be a conflict or two when these entities rate one ...

In which Jim links to Nouriel Roubini who solidifies Jim's current biases: In this regard, evidence is mounting that a debt-burdened an...