Some of you gentle Goyareaders already know my unhealthy but noble attachment to the Chicago Cubs. And you probably noticed nary a post on them since, well, I considered their 2006 season over after only two weeks into it (when Derrick Lee broke his wrist and it was clear that would-be ace pitchers Mark Prior [...]

As I said before, Keith Olbermann is my new favorite media hero. Here is his latest Special Comment, on Bush’s signing of the Military Commissions Act (aka, The Death of Habeas Corpus Act):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CU2_S2pK3bo

You know you’ve made it as an (academic) author when your work is cited in a Yahoo Discussion Group dealing with Japan-related role-playing games (RPG):

I actually find this citation to be the most gratifying of them all.