This is a giant middle finger to the jingoistic Americans who believe you must play by the rules to triumph, who excommunicate those who don’t agree, who believe in mind control. That’s the America we’ve now got.  You’re either with us or against us.  Look no further than Washington, D.C. for evidence.  Republicans won’t play […]

Julia Mancuso’s dad went to prison for dealing dope. Now if that ain’t an American story… Too hot for the American press. Not that Ms. Mancuso cared.  Hell, she even posed as a Lange girl.  Check her out here: Vintage Lange Girl Gallery But there was no backlash, unlike with Lindsey Vonn’s bathing suit photos […]

It’s a bittersweet victory. To triumph in the Olympic downhill is an amazing feat.  Not only do you have to be that good, you’ve got to emerge victorious on a unique hill on a single day.  This is not like winning at a swimming or track meet, where the conditions are essentially identical every time […]

I often wonder what it would be like to go to college today. When I went to Middlebury, not only was there no Internet, there were no DVDs, and if you were really lucky, you could get one TV channel, with snow.  A couple of times a week we’d go to Dana Hall for movies, […]