Monday morning quarterback in the evening

How about those Redskins? Yes! Finally a win. Over the lowly Texans but hey, I'll take it 😉 Brunell looked like an All-Pro quarterback yesterday. He set the record for consecutive completions in a game, with 22 in a row. I actually missed almost the entire first half (long church service yesterday) but what I … Continue reading Monday morning quarterback in the evening

UPDATE: Sabato on Allen

After a hard day at work, I was planning on writing a piece on the reaction to the Salon story on Allen. Allen's official blog, The AllenHQ, has refuted the charge that Allen used the n-word in college. Associated Press write Bob Lewis writes that Allen denounced the allegations. Daily Press writer Hugh Lessig, covering … Continue reading UPDATE: Sabato on Allen

Mr. Conservative: Barry Goldwater

I missed this HBO special when it aired originally but TiVo'd the re-airing of it yesterday morning. For whatever reason, I was not into last night's football game so I watched this instead. I'm really glad that I did. There were so many things in the documentary, put together by Goldwater's granddaughter, that make this … Continue reading Mr. Conservative: Barry Goldwater

Allen and the N-word

A rumor has been circulating around the blogsphere for a while that Republican Senator George Allen used the N-word while in college. Now Salon has evidence that this is so. Three former college football teammates of Sen. George Allen say that the Virginia Republican repeatedly used an inflammatory racial epithet and demonstrated racist attitudes toward … Continue reading Allen and the N-word