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Asking What’s Wrong With the Duped
Andrew Stiles of the Washington Free Beacon offers a colorful reaction to a current scandal. You can’t make this up. Earlier this month, some dough-faced dork named Sam Bankman-Fried—an MIT…
Tom Brady
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Fauci’s ‘Angry Elf’ Act Won’t Fly This Holiday Season
Kylee Zempel of the Federalist highlights Americans’ growing disinterest in Dr. Anthony Fauci’s pronouncements. You’d better watch out. You’d better not cry. You’d better keep masking for the rest of…
Health Care
New England Patriots’ team plane used to transport N95 masks
Health policy and the NFL are two of my favorite topics. Very rarely do the two coverage in such a way that I could write about them on the Locker…
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Should We Ban It or Make Our Own Choice?
Cultural change and behavior are fascinating to watch. I often wonder why so many folks prefer to require other people to do things — or refrain from doing them —…
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Comparing Trump’s NFL spat to the 2016 primaries
Patrick Hynes of the American Spectator explains why the president’s feud with the National Football League reminds him of the 2016 campaign. Roger Goodell is not a man who likes…
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Trump neutrality
William Voegeli explores in a Federalist column some political observers’ unwillingness to accept a neutral approach to the new president. “Are you now, or have you ever been, a supporter…
Law & Public Safety
I’m not a Patriots fan, but…
View in your browser. If sportswriter Sally Jenkins has her facts right, the NFL’s handling of the allegations about underinflated AFC Championship game balls seems to have fallen short…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Maybe Pete Carroll just wanted to help Russell Wilson with his taxes
Here’s another crackpot theory explaining Seattle Seahawks coach Pete Carroll’s otherwise inexplicable decision to call for the decisive pass play that cost his team the Super Bowl: He didn’t want…
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The Junk Man doesn’t like the Skeptical Environmentalist
In his latest post on the Green Hell blog on JunkScience.com, the “Junk Man” Steve Milloy makes his thoughts about Bjorn Lomborg, author of the Skeptical Environmentalist and the book…
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1. There is ‘Fantasy Football Insurance.’ 2. Why is it not universal?
Once again, economics and fantasy football intersect: … it was estimated that Tom Brady?s injury could have shifted $150 million in fantasy winnings. The idea is pretty simple. If any…
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Rhoden backs up
After the most exciting Super Bowl in NFL history, I’m greeted in this morning’s N&R print edition with a William C. Rhoden column complaining that the “No Fun League” got…
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Were the Panthers Watching?
Sure hope John Fox and the Panther braintrust watched Super Bowl XLII. And learned. The Giants defense attacked Tom Brady and the Pats for 60 minutes. None of this sit…