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Politics, News & Issues > Sports Archives Colts vs. Patriots: Predicting the winner of the 2007 AFC Championship Game: 1 of 18
While it is rash to jump this far ahead of the game, there does seem an inevitability that the Indianapolis Colts and the New England Patriots will face each other again in the 2007 AFC playoffs. Certainly the two teams appear to be on a playoff collision course yet again even with only two games decided as of this writing. W... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Terrorism Are we safer now than we were immediately after 9/11, or have we just been lucky?: 3 of 43
While battling Islamo-Arab terrorism remains a fight in progress, the reality is the US is indeed safer than it was in September 2001. Some of it is indeed luck, but it is mostly becuase of recognition of the key aspect of Islamo-Arab terror - its status as an act of war by proxy, launched by Middle eastern states. The realit... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Football Are the New England Patriots cheaters?: 1 of 12
The New England Patriots were not cheaters in the recent "Videogate" brouhaha that ended when the National Football League announced on September 20, 2007 that it had received, verified, and destroyed all materials related to "Videogate" activity from Bill Belichick's arrival to the Patriots in 2000. The reasons the Patriots ... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Politics in Europe Assessing the United States' power and its paradox: 2 of 22
THE LONG CLUELESS GAZE OF WESLEY CLARKFormer General Wesley Clark continues to demonstrate his cluelessness about the world with recent remarks drawing a flawed analogy with the US rivalry with the Soviet empire and the present-day struggle with Islamo-Arab imperialism. He talked about his anger with the alleged mishandling o... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Football Was the NFL right to penalize the New England Patriots for filming Jets' coaches?: 1 of 9
It may be the longest and most maddening controversy in pro sports. Videogate, Spygate, call it what you will, it is a controversy that refuses to go away because a lot of people won't let it go away. Most recently a US Senator, Arlen Specter, entered the fray by publically questioning the integrity of the NFL' hanling of the... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Football Will L.A. ever get a football team?: 1 of 9
Is LA really a good sports town? It it worth asking because of the effort by the NFL to get a team in this market despite the fact the league did not succeed there when the Rams called LA their home and the Raiders spent 13 seasons there. It is also worth asking because another attention-seeking sanctioning body - NASCAR - ha... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Party Politics & Ideology Barack Obama's foreign affairs positions: 2 of 16
The cornerstone of Barack Obama's foreign policy commentary is that he opposed the liberation of Iraq. Yet nowhere has he offered a credible argument against the war in Iraq and no one has ever bothered to question him about it. For that matter no credible explanation against the war in Iraq has ever been given by anyone, and... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Football Does Donovan McNabb miss Terrell Owens?: 1 of 7
There is something absurd in the notion that Donovan McNabb might wish Terrell Owens was still with the Philadelphia Eagles. Ture, the tandem had a superb 2004 season as Owens caught 77 passes and 14 touchdowns and added a new dimension to endzone theatrics, but it was absurd not to be concerned with him as he joined the Eagl... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Football Reflections on the firing of Marty Schottenheimer: 1 of 7
The firing of Marty Schottenheimer by the San Diego Chargers was a move that was overdue but was also seen as an error, for despite Schottenheimer's abysmal playoff record he had turned the team from a disorganized-appearing mess into a legitimate force in the AFC West. But in the end his inability to win playoff games made h... More..
Sports & Recreation > NASCAR NASCAR's recent changes and their impact: 1 of 6
The changes that have hit NASCAR's Winston Cup Series have been widespread and their effect is being felt more and more, and the effect of these changes has shown no indication of being good for the sport; on the contrary, changes have had the effect of beginning an erosion of popularity of the sport.The most dramatic changes... More..