Year: 2011

For some, the ads are more important than the game: See: “Best Super Bowl Ads,” and “Advertisers Raided the National Memory Banks on Super Bowl Sunday.”

That’s the Division III national champs, the Big Ten champs and the Superbowl Champs! I am exhausted. Note: I did not make that automotivator until just now. No way I was going to risk the jinx. Note to the Pittsburgh Steelers: you’re an amazing organization, making the Superbowl three times in six years. All that […]

At WSJ, “Found at Last: A Tape of the First Super Bowl.” Also, “Now Available: Video of Super Bowl I, 1967 Packers-Chiefs.”

Slightly different this week, since I was…well, distracted. Couldn’t seem to concentrate on actual news. Five and a half hours, by the way. Only five and a half more hours. Link: The Bleacher Report. Additional explanation here, 4th item. Link: TrogloPundit. Link: Moe Lane. Link: Ann Althouse. Kickoff is just never gonna get here. Link: […]

As if the refugee camps sprouting up along Wisconsin’s southern border weren’t enough, now we might need them along the western border, too: A taxing solution? Expanding state sales tax could fill hole, but industries are ready to fight. Lawyers across Minnesota — 16,000 of them — have been urged to join a “call to […]

A huge roundup here: “ Political Transition in Egypt – Reports: Mubarak Resigns National Party; Opposition Leaders Resist Negotiations, Demand Regime Change.” Check back for updates throughout the evening.

Last week, I wrote: “Corporations already do share wealth” Which is true, but not precisely true, as a few commenters pointed out. It’s the word “share” that causes the problem. It’s true that corporations “share” wealth. But not in the same way that children — we hope — “share” toys. Not the way you “share” […]

Gallup: President Barack Obama’s job approval ratings were even more polarized during his second year in office than during his first, when he registered the most polarized ratings for a first-year president. An average of 81% of Democrats and 13% of Republicans approved of the job Obama was doing as president during his second year. […]

A theoretical essay, with video from Cairo: “Democratic Realpolitik and Egypt.” And previously: “Egypt Crisis Intensifies – Suleiman Could Take Power as Washington Plans for Mubarak Exit,” and “Christiane Amanpour Interviews Hosni Mubarak.” Also, at the link, video footage from yesterday, with a content warning, since it’s quite graphic: “Police Van Running Over Protesters in […]