Auto Racing On The Brink Of Extinction
For those of you who come to this blog often, you will know that I am both a big lover of auto racing, but also a pessimist when it comes to the future of...
Author: alex
The First 48: True American Reflection?
I can be honest in saying that I have been a fan of The First 48 since it started on A&E in the US a number of years ago. I can admit to being...
Chris Brown Has Anger Issues
I have to admit, the headline sort of writes itself, in part because it’s as obvious as can be. Chris Brown has made a name for himself alternately with some fairly well received rap...
End Of An Era In Formula One?
As the Formula One season for 2013 runs to it’s end, many are speaking of this as the end of an Era. The V8 engines that have screamed and wailed for the last decade...
Factoids Truthiness and Factiness In Action
If you ever want to see factoids, factiness and truthiness all at work together, then you have to look no further than your inbox spam folder for pump and dump schemes. While they may...
How Activists Try To Use Factoids and Misreadings To Win The Publics Mind
Before I start, let me just say that I am being more than a little big liberal in the use to the word factoid. While it may in some circles mean a made up...
Is Ann Coulter Ignorant or Willfully Blind?
I tend to shy away from pure politics here because honestly, politics is generally a suckers game with few winners and a whole lot of hurt feelings. However, the recent government shut down in...
The Internet, The War of Words, and Snake Oil
According to Wikipedia, “Snake oil is an expression that originally referred to fraudulent health products or unproven medicine but has come to refer to any product with questionable or unverifiable quality or benefit. By...
Will the US end in the 21st Century?
I was reading an interesting op-ed article today on the Huffington Post discussing the minimum wage and it’s effects on companies like Wal-Mart. The article is interesting to me because my recent life experiences...
NASCAR Bit By Cheating Scandal
Sometimes you just can’t get a break, that must be the feeling is NASCAR’s world headquarters these days. After a season full of odd situations, start and park drivers, and various forms of cheating...
Humpy Wheeler: Nascar is “too fancy”
If you know anything about the history of NASCAR, then you have probably heard more than a few stories about Humpy Wheeler. This guy has had a huge impact on NASCAR. He was the...
For NASCAR, Older May Not Be Better
In my poking around the other day, I ran across this article from ESPN talking about a real issue that faces NASCAR in the coming years: Their stars are getting grey around the temples,...
Manning: Whistleblowing Versus Data Dump
The Bradley Manning case has become something that might be referred to as seminal or perhaps even changing history. The recent verdict, which found him not guilty of aiding the enemy but did find...
NASCAR Tries To Avoid Crash And Burn By Shedding Seats
A couple of years back, with Speed TV still had a decent chat board on their site, I was discussing with the locals how all those empty seats and covered up grandstands were bad...
