From Steve Tignore at tennis.com

http://tennisworld.typepad.com/thewr...the-lucky-few/
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Roddick had been beaten three straight times by Murray and 18 times by Federer, but he approached both of this weekend's matches as if they were contested on even terms. He had been written off at Slams for years, but he set about remaking himself with a new coach for at least the fourth time. The upshot is that he just played the two best matches of...

As a fan of Dementieva (I always love stories about people who are held back by a personal flaw - her service in Dementieva's case - and fix that flaw and reemerge in full force), I was a bit ambivalent about the result of the Williams match. Serena can be a bit of a sourpuss and a sore loser, so I don' support her as uneqiuvocally as I once did. I was happy to see a Williams sister pushed to the limit for once during this tournament and congrats to Serena for a well earned victory. I'm also...

Unsurprisingly, the Ricci Case has gotten very little discussion on the NVS. But I think the nature of the case and the glaring injustice speaks for itself. The only way you can justify what the original ruling in favor of the City of New Haven is by saying that different races being held to different standards for being good firemen is the right thing to do.

I actually often sympathize with liberals when they argue that tests are biased. After all, we are taught that all men are...

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/22/opinion/22pinker.html

It was a grammar thing...

The NY Times Finally has an Article on Bush's role in the Subprime Meltdown through his encouraging minority housing, which ultimately led to many people buying houses they couldn't really afford.

White House Philosophy Stoked Mortgage Bonfire