Monday, July 03, 2006
“Automatic D.Q. For ‘Reversal of Fortune’” (07:38 PM) - We’re eating pizza, burgers, and watching the Annual Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest from old Coney Island on ESPN. They’ve just listed the official rules of this heavily-regulated sect of the competitive eating sport. Among them, the ‘reversal of fortune’…
Calderon Victorious in Mexico (12:26 PM) - Reuters reports the news from Mexico:MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico’s conservative presidential candidate Felipe Calderon declared victory on Monday in a bitterly contested election and official returns appeared to show his leftist rival could no longer catch him. Calderon said…
Fifty Million Dollars (11:24 AM) - That is the probable price tag of a public relations campaign commensurate with the heave-up George Mason’s recent basketball success gave the Virginia university. According, at least, to the low-end estimations of economist C. Scott Bozman. Todd Zywicki notes the…
Listen, Everyone Already Knew That There Was a Signal System in Place! (07:21 AM) - The New York Times covers America’s preparations to oppose swarming British Regulars at Lexington and Concord. Heh. Did you catch the byline? UPDATE: This must have already been marked by a thousand people, but is it not just grand that…
The Soma and the Damage Done (06:56 AM) - Andrew Seal, editor of Dartmouth’s progressive Free Press publication, updates himself on the Dartmouth governance debate and gives this take on the “leadership arc” envisaged in the constitutional proposal which will go out to all alumni for a vote on…