Ben Schuman Stoler

You will notice I did not say a single favorable thing about Ayn Rand. Believe me, it pains me to mention her in the same post as Sullivan - who had real ideas and intelligence - but the point is th...

Yeah - maybe the best thing about the WC so far is that ESPN's coverage is thorough thorough thorough. Obviously we all want to punch John Harkes, but their coverage makes this year's Cup especially p...

Oh no! Carlos Zambrano is dead!!...

Is that a can of chewing tobacco in the gallery's 4th pic?...

Haaaaa worddddd...

I'm going to be extremely salty if he plays better for Mexico than he did for Arsenal this year. Last year he showed a lot, but he just totally crapped out this year. Maybe he was saving it all for ...

Ha - really? Trying to bring that here? Now? Wellll let's just say Mexico has some work to do if Carlitos won't shape up at Arsenal (and remember his passport)... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/f...

Brave soul. ...

Here's Jeremy's response: Most Ward's and Aldermen have different committees that people in those Wards can sit on. For example I live in Roberto Maldonado's Ward and have signed up for the Arts and...

@Andrew But Tyler Green never said that choosing to "maintain staff and other infrastructure" is the right choice. He goes on to say just the opposite. There are two issues in my mind. One is that th...

wait, so this isn't about joakim noah?...

this is horrible. how could you have chicago host a wc qualifier and not a wc game? usa v honduras was a huge success (even if a lot/most of the atmosphere came from people supporting honuras), and--A...

yeah, western southbound from chicago all the way south was completely unplowed too. ...

can't wait. this winter, i'm going to sneak my parents a caffeine pill or something so they'll stay up late enough to come with me for once. ...