Thoughts for the Offseason February 6th, 2018 @ 10:39 am PST
“The stadium lights are dimmed, the film rooms have gone dark, and the cheerleaders have put their miniskirts away in very small drawers.”
Declining Deficit Should Not Mean Rising Borrowing September 23rd, 2014 @ 9:20 am PDT
The latest deficit news is all positive. Fiscal year 2014 will be the fifth straight in which the federal deficit has declined as a share of GDP. The deficit was 10.8 percent of GDP in Barack Obama’s first year, a scary statistic. This year it will be 2.9 percent, below the four-decade average of 3.1 […]
The Offseason February 6th, 2013 @ 3:58 am PST
I’ve been reading Gregg Easterbrook for more than fifteen years. He writes the Tuesday Morning Quarterback (TMQ) column for ESPN. (He has also written for Slate and The Atlantic Monthly, and many other publications. And he’s a very good author.) Every Tuesday morning during the NFL season, Easterbrook delivers incredibly detailed analysis of (almost) every […]
This Makes No Sense September 24th, 2008 @ 11:06 am PDT
Turning and turning in the widening gyre
Bill Belichick: Alien January 29th, 2008 @ 12:21 pm PST
Last season, the Colts won the Lombardi in part by establishing a pass-wacky attack that defensive coordinators were obsessed with stopping, then gradually shifting toward the run in the postseason, then rolling out a rushing-based game plan in the Super Bowl that took everyone by surprise. … Belichick is among the best-ever students of the […]
The 2010 Draft April 18th, 2007 @ 9:46 am PDT
Tuesday Morning Quarterback scores again with 2010: The Mock Draft.
Tiny Time April 18th, 2007 @ 9:41 am PDT
Are you a sports fan? Have you ever wondered just how accurate those clocks are? And can a ref — or anyone — really determine a hundredth of a second?
What Lies Beneath February 2nd, 2007 @ 5:57 pm PST
The author of The Progress Paradox, Gregg Easterbrook, writes a weekly column for ESPN.com called Tuesday Morning Quarterback during football season. I didn’t get a chance to read it Tuesday because I was still in Vegas. I love Easterbrook because he’s not afraid to tackle social issues in the middle of discussing the merits of […]
Naperville Public Library Books January 31st, 2007 @ 5:58 am PST
When I got to the office today there was a package sitting on my desk. I received my sixth copy of Gregg Easterbrook‘s “The Progress Paradox: How Life Gets Better While People Feel Worse” — I keep giving them away! — via Amazon’s used book marketplace. The book is in near-perfect condition, perhaps because it […]
NFLN Fumbles January 2nd, 2007 @ 3:21 pm PST
I was in football nirvana this weekend. I watched no less than a dozen games — college and pro — since I left the office Friday night. The best by far was last night’s Boise State / Oklahoma Fiesta Bowl, one of the top ten football games I’ve ever seen. While watching Saturday night’s Giants […]
