Oh snap

by Alec Brandon

George Will lays a not so subtle smack down of U of C

R. Kelly2

by Alec Brandon

If you are looking to waste a couple of hours, I highly recommend

Where does a pop sensation stay in rural Connecticut?

by Alec Brandon

Word on the street says Paul McCartney stayed at the Josef

British invasion1

by Alec Brandon

My hometown of Bethany, Connecticut's epicenter of all that is bovine, just became vaguely cool. Last

Video of the day

by Alec Brandon

The dance remix of Bill O'Reilly's meltdown that I posted a week or two ago:

wtf

by Alec Brandon

Wendy Doniger, the Mircea Eliade distinguished service professor in the Divinity School,

100,000

by Alec Brandon

It looks like this blog will hit the big 100,000 unique visitors mark tomorrow.

It is hard

A rock song about unintended consequences

by Alec Brandon

So I was listening to some music the other day and came upon

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James Stand

Dr. Jekyll and Hyde Park

by Alec Brandon

Recently, the Hyde Park Interwebs and listhosts have been quiet. Even the Hyde Park Herald has been pretty tame of late, suggesting that maybe crazy goes on break when the weather gets nice—but tha...

Video of the day1

by Alec Brandon

Everyone dislikes Bill O'Reilly, but do you fear for those that live and work with him? This makes th

Arts, Schvarts

by Alec Brandon

Bespectacled in a pair of trendy sunglasses, Mark McGowan, a British performance artist, has buried himself up to his neck in the sand on a beach in Britain. He plans to stay that way for 48 hours....

Bloomberg on the gas tax vacation

by Alec Brandon

I've given Bloomberg a hard time lately, but after this, he seems kinda bad ass to me. In response to

God damnit.

by Alec Brandon

God damnit.

PC >> academic freedom at Yale

by Alec Brandon

I don't know what art is, but at least I know this. This sort of self awareness seems to be lost on Y

Why won't you die?

by Alec Brandon

It's Kentucky Derby season so you know what that means: More remembrances of Barbaro.

The

Are gas prices too high?

by Alec Brandon

A lot of people are bitching about how high gas prices are. I don't drive so I think I have a pretty

Turns out you can do worse than Michael Bloomberg

by Alec Brandon

U of C students diverse, weird

by Alec Brandon

The New York Times Magazine has an interesting

How the mighty have fallen

by Alec Brandon

Modern Union techniques

by Alec Brandon

TNR has an interesting

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Tom Tian

Summer internment

by Alec Brandon

It must really pay to sell your soul. Or, at least, given the effort of so many students to land this or that summer job you’d certainly think so. Metcalf season may have passed, but this is the...

Senior projects gone wild

by Alec Brandon

I don't know what there is to say about th

The Office1

by Alec Brandon

The housing crunch

by Alec Brandon

High-school seniors are trying to figure out where to go to school next year. College seniors are furiously trying to finish their B.A. papers—not to mention scrambling to figure out what to do wit...

The real Hillary in Bosnia video

by Alec Brandon

Tim got it wrong.

What does the McCain campaign know?

by Alec Brandon

John McCain has admitted he doesn't know anything about economics. I guess that would be OK if his ad

Low tech blogging

by Alec Brandon

This is one of the coolest blog

Obama's bracket

by Alec Brandon

Perverse incentives

by Alec Brandon

Law makers in Dallas are considering

Bacon vodka

by Alec Brandon

Stuff White People Like

by Alec Brandon

I've had like ten people send me the link to this

Bacon lollipop!

by Alec Brandon

Commenter Redag

Video of the day2

by Alec Brandon

Devotees of this blog will know that I used to do this everyday (during my summer of blogging). I'm t

Sinbad mans up

by Alec Brandon

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Tom Tian

After Goolsbee-gate, should we invade Canda? Yes, we can

by Alec Brandon

Last week there was a fundamental shift in the world’s international order. I’m not talking about Colombia’s air strike against FARC rebels in Ecuador. Nor am I referring to Saudi Arabia being stoo...

Powers resigns from the Obama campaign

by Alec Brandon

Yesterday the Harvard hottie (and Obama advisor) that caused Cass Sunstein to

Why are so many ex-Maroon editors such losers?

by Alec Brandon

I've already dealt with

Favre

by Alec Brandon

The Packers got a new team mommy to

The Leftorium should expect a boost in business

by Alec Brandon

Do iPods increase crime?

by Alec Brandon

A couple of pretty lame researchers from the Urban Institute think so. Their logic makes sense. The p

Brodie: You don't mess with Goolsbee and walk away from it

by Alec Brandon

Leslie Hairston: You crossed the wrong cartoonist

by Alec Brandon

Apparently Leslie Hairston didn't realize that Maroon cartoonist Tom Tian regularly

Would you like some bacon with that placemat?

by Alec Brandon

I'm so making this. I'll be sure to ha

Parking and the 171 bus

by Alec Brandon

So I just saw this news on Facebook. I'm not actually sure how true it is, but apparently one of Hyde

I love "I Love L.A."

by Alec Brandon

Chicka chicka yeahhhhhh

by Alec Brandon

Chicka chicka yeahhhhhh

Waterboarding your way into the black

by Alec Brandon

Via Talking Points Memo:

A

David Brooks is dead to me

by Alec Brandon

Sunstien and Nussbaum: Splitsville

by Alec Brandon

Goolsbee is the man

by Alec Brandon

I'm all about Democrats pretending to be populist on trade and then governing differently.

Go back to Canada

by Alec Brandon

U of C 12th in fundraising last year

by Alec Brandon

I can't remember a better year for fund raising at the U of C. It seemed like there were countless

Gossip geek

by Alec Brandon

It's hard not to love this.

It's not easy being green

by Alec Brandon

The stars arrived in style at last night’s Oscars. Every performer and presenter was offered a free ride in the Green Car Journal’s green car of the year: GMC’s new line of hybrid SUVs. Over th...

More redesigned websites

by Alec Brandon

This falls into the barely worth mentioning file on this blog, but it is likely to have a big impact

Aid should focus on those who need it

by Alec Brandon

Last October, Senator Chuck Grassley (R–IA) decided to get on the high horse of populism, proposing a bill that would force universities to spend more of their swelling endowments. Basically, his p...

Dogs >> Chickens

by Alec Brandon

Last week Mets stars Pedro Martinez and Carlos Delgado were video taped

Division of labor

by Alec Brandon

Economists really need to stick to what they know.

What's a superdelegate?

by Alec Brandon

Presidential futures market

by Alec Brandon

I'm not a huge fan of the markets that let people buy and sell shares of a candidates chance to win a

Barack Obama isn't Muslim you fools!

by Alec Brandon

I really can't believe this.

I just found out that a family member (extended family, thank

Ugh135

by Alec Brandon

Hillary tears up ag

Arrested Development movie?

by Alec Brandon

Words can't describe the joy that this

Cheesy bacon

by Alec Brandon

Hover bacon

by Alec Brandon

The only thing better than

Coincidence?

by Alec Brandon

I gave $5 to the Obama campaign today.

A couple hours later he devastates Hillary on Iraq

Baby It's Cold Outside

by Alec Brandon

When I went into my lab this evening it was a comfortable 40ish. When I got out it was an insane 10is

Michael Cera for convocation speaker!

by Alec Brandon

Mama's boy

by Alec Brandon

Something tells me this

Current convocation setup is super bad

by Alec Brandon

Change is a pretty hot topic right now. Barack Obama, John Edwards, and Hillary Clinton can’t use the word enough. Apple is trying to change our lives with its MacBook Air. Even President Bush has ...

I love that picture of him. So creepy.

by Alec Brandon

I love that picture of him. So creepy.

Who cares about 1992?

by Alec Brandon

Obama wins1

by Alec Brandon

Playstation 3 stimulus package

by Alec Brandon

I have 21 years of experience (22 if the womb counts)

by Alec Brandon

In the last Democratic debate John Edwards

Hyde Park Herald phones it in

by Alec Brandon

The announcement <

Lake Wobegon!

by Alec Brandon

Barack Obama is obviously a fan:

My wife is extraordinary and my children are above averag

Applications up, way up

by Alec Brandon

Applications are

Get your pirate jokes ready!

by Alec Brandon

Because Treasure Island is going to be the grocer that replaces

Silent majority finds its voice in Co-Op debate

by Alec Brandon

I owe the residents of Hyde Park an apology. Over the past year this column has had more than its fair share of philippics against Hyde Park residents. I’ve denounced their selfishness, myopia, ...

Hillary gains a key endorsement

by Alec Brandon

Markets in everything: Class spots, Chicago style

by Alec Brandon

Spots in Steven Levitt's Economics of Crime class are so lucrative that a student has put their

Breaking: Chris Dodd won't win Iowa

by Alec Brandon

Or, Kane for Ron Paul.

by Alec Brandon

Or, Kane for Ron Paul.

Fred Thompson gains a major backer

by Alec Brandon

Peyton Manning.

We should all pray Thompson drops out soon, otherwise we might soon be inu

Sinbad!

by Alec Brandon

Iraq, change, and Hillary

by Alec Brandon

A lot of the blogosphere is awash in discussions of change and how the different Democratic candidate

Trade policy and Obama

by Alec Brandon

The New York Times editorial board has a

Total pwnage

by Alec Brandon

This video seems to sum up the Democratic primary for me:

Is anyone hurt by Harvard's new financial aid policy?

by Alec Brandon

Matt, in

K-Fu4

by Alec Brandon

We at the Editors Blog are pretty pumped about the Cubs signing of Kosuke Fukudome (and by we, I mean

Recession?7

by Alec Brandon

Why are people so intent on showing us why a recession is coming?

I mean, a lot of things

Harvard gives financial aid to the rich

by Alec Brandon

Harvard decided to change it's financial aid policy yesterday.

The big change is that Har

Austan Goolsbee on advising Obama

by Alec Brandon

More Goolsbee blogging on the last night of the Autumn quarter at the U of C.

Freakonomics

What's w/ the Free Darko-esque picture?

by Alec Brandon

What's w/ the Free Darko-esque picture?

Snow day!!1

by Alec Brandon

We are suppose to get 6 inches of snow tonight.

In related news, I have a final and a proj

Obama is evil!

by Alec Brandon

Did you know that Barack Obama has made it his life's goal to become president? And he'll do

The Co-Op Initiative

by Alec Brandon

Well, it looks like the Co-Op isn't too optimistic about its chances of actually getting that loan.

100,000 Views

by Alec Brandon

A couple of days ago this blog passed the 100,000 view mark.

It isn't the biggest deal in

I added the picture for you Tim.

by Alec Brandon

I added the picture for you Tim.

ESPN Featured Comment of the Day

by Alec Brandon

Co-Op news update

by Alec Brandon

So there are four updates on the Co-Op situation:

First, and this has already been widely

Charges filed1

by Alec Brandon

Well, turns out it is more than a

Mideast peace?

by Alec Brandon

Why is every major news outlet

Development key to safer Hyde Park

by Alec Brandon

In 1991, Yale University was stunned when an undergraduate was shot and killed on its campus. Christian Prince, a second-year, was walking home late one night when a car pulled up. The driver, a...

Cameras1

by Alec Brandon

It's because of information like

Did the University use the alert system?

by Alec Brandon

The Tribune, as Tim

Christian Prince

by Alec Brandon

When I first heard about the Amadou Cisse killing I immediately thought of the murder of

Coulda, woulda, shoulda.

by Alec Brandon

Coulda, woulda, shoulda.

Should the University have alerted students sooner?

by Alec Brandon

Yes. I think that is obvious, but Kiss's quote in the

Shooting at the U of C

by Alec Brandon

Last night Amadou Cisse, a PhD student at the U of C (in Chemistry)

Death Penalty and deterrence

by Alec Brandon

The New York Times has a very well written

Rhodes5

by Alec Brandon

I was not the least bit surprised to

Oh god.

by Alec Brandon

Oh god.

Wowza

by Alec Brandon

The U of C had a 42%

Stupefy!

by Alec Brandon

I'm honestly dumbfounded by the latest effort of the H

Empty shelves, empty promises

by Alec Brandon

If ever there were a place that a cooperative could thrive in, Hyde Park is it. Our community is composed of long-time residents still bitter about Walter Mondale losing in ’84, liberal professo...

More polling news

by Alec Brandon

Zogby just released their latest poll from

Credible self-punishment

by Alec Brandon

I was just having a discussion with a friend a week ago about how much more efficient people would be

Writers strike

by Alec Brandon

While celebrities

Holliday and home field advantage

by Alec Brandon

Next week baseball writers across the country will vote for the NL MVP.

Matt Holliday will

T-Squared lovefest

by Alec Brandon

While we are on

Fenway

by Alec Brandon

So I was in Boston for the past 24 hours and both times I drove past Fenway Park (to and from the air

Quick hits1

by Alec Brandon

1) Chuck Schumer folks. A big round of applause. He's not only the most annoying member of Congress,

Where's Ronald Reagan when you need him?

by Alec Brandon

This writers strike could be pretty

56th and Cornell

by Alec Brandon

The 26 story apartment building that is planned for the corner of 56th and Cornell looks...interestin

Should everything taste like bacon?

by Alec Brandon

Yes, yes it should.

Ron Paul supporters bash Ron Paul

by Alec Brandon

This Slate Video details something

Perception and reality on the economy

by Alec Brandon

I'm so tired of stories like this in the newspapers. Someone will do some poll about satisfaction wit

Ron Paul and commenting

by Alec Brandon

Comments have gotten absolutely out of hand on the two posts below about Ron Paul.

As a re

Endowment policy

by Alec Brandon

I have a

Stanford Law grades employers

by Alec Brandon

The New York Times has a

Congress should keep out of colleges’ business

by Alec Brandon

Oxford and Cambridge used to be the pinnacle of higher education. They had the most money, the best professors, and the top students in the world. But ever since the British government decided to ...

Becker to the rescue

by Alec Brandon

This article from "The Spoof"

How well is Hillary really polling?

by Alec Brandon

Well the latest polling numbers from Iowa d

Is the Doctors Hospital worth saving?

by Alec Brandon

Hyde Park Progress has a pretty good

Is economics out of touch with the real world?

by Alec Brandon

I feel like I should comment on this

U of C in the Onion

by Alec Brandon

"Scientists Theorize What Would Happen If They Touched A Cloud."

Niels Bohr

by Alec Brandon

Red Sox becoming the Yankees of old

by Alec Brandon

It's

The end of Poland's twin-tag-team

by Alec Brandon

Congress considers forcing Universities to make college cheaper

by Alec Brandon

This is one of the most asinine things

Even Stevphen

by Alec Brandon

The Daily Show has posted a ton of videos going way back onto it's

Fear the U of C PD

by Alec Brandon

A figure that students at the U of C throw around a lot is that the U of C has the second largest pri

Now I get plagirized

by Alec Brandon

For serious.

On October 16, the Maroon published a

Fallows on the American Idea

by Alec Brandon

The Atlantic's fantastic James Fallows has a great

In which I channel Fire Joe Morgan

by Alec Brandon

Bill Simmons desc

More on Chief Wahoo

by Alec Brandon

1) Deadspin

HP Herald overload

by Alec Brandon

I nearly had an aneurysm when I read the Hyde Park Herald's "editorial section" today. (Link is

I'm with leather.

by Alec Brandon

I'm with leather.

Turns out Hillary never really liked that NAFTA thing

by Alec Brandon

Well there goes any reason for me to consi

Divorce celebration

by Alec Brandon

I was reading the latest issue of the Maroon today (in which I have a

Stop taking Ann Coulter seriously.

by Alec Brandon

By now everyone under the sun has been subjected to commentary and analysis of Ann Coulter’s latest faux pas. Cable news channels have been devoting hours to her. The Anti-Defamation League has rel...

Re: Ellbury's burden

by Alec Brandon

To add to Tim's earlier

U of C gets another Nobel

by Alec Brandon

Roger Myerson, a U of C Economics professor,

YDN on Goolsbee

by Alec Brandon

Alright, so this obviously seems like it might be turning into an obsession, but I swear that I found

Oh, and that Simmons is a hack.

by Alec Brandon

Oh, and that Simmons is a hack.

More baseball blogging & ESPN bashing

by Alec Brandon

Now I don't mean to overdo it with all this baseball blogging. I'm planning on writing a column on Ob

So who's he going to endorse

by Alec Brandon

Now that Gore is not just ex-Vice P

Is Jeff Francis the reincarnation of Frank Grimes?

by Alec Brandon

Tonight the Colorado Rockies won what seems like their 70th game in a row. Jeff Francis pitched beaut

It's 1337, not l33t.

by Alec Brandon

It's 1337, not l33t.

The life and times of Big Z

by Alec Brandon

For some reason someone thought it would be a good idea to write an inspirational biography of 26 yea

Austan Goolsbee: The college years

by Alec Brandon

Seeing as

Productivity and hours worked

by Alec Brandon

Matthew Yglesias

Google Street View lands in Chicago

by Alec Brandon

It's pretty awesome. It covers essentially the whole city, inclu

Barbaro redux

by Alec Brandon

This is

Why I shop for groceries in the South Loop

by Alec Brandon

This is all you need

Hyde Park Progress

by Alec Brandon

I have just been alerted to the existence of the best blog I've seen in a while--perhaps since Baseba

Quick hits

by Alec Brandon

It's a busy day, so I'm going to keep this quick.

1) TNR, which I usually adore, has a des

Hyde Park activism misses the Point

by Alec Brandon

If you look around Hyde Park, you can still see vestiges of the last big push by its community activists. “Save the Point” read torn bumper stickers and sun-worn signs adorning residential windows ...

McCain on the presidency: Only Christians need apply

by Alec Brandon

In in an interview Saturda

Justin Wolfers at Marginal Revolution

by Alec Brandon

Super empirical economist Justin Wolfers is going to be guest blogging at Marginal Revolution.
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Who needs football?

by Alec Brandon

Tomorrow, the impossible is quite possible.

If the Padres lose and the Mets, Phillies, and

Quote of the day1

by Alec Brandon

Bill Murray on the Cubs

Why no one likes Boston sports fans

by Alec Brandon

This is really getting ridiculous. Tonight there will be a

The new guy

by Alec Brandon

There is a new sheriff in town, and his name is Tim Murphy.

Yes, the super-Maroon-editor,

That guy2

by Alec Brandon

It's the start of a new school year at the U of C which means a whole new batch of students who will

Dissecting the "that guy" species

by Alec Brandon

While you enjoy the happiness and splendor of O-Week at the U of C, it is worthwhile to take a moment and consider the choices you’ll have to make in the not so distant future. In just seven days,...

Harper Court to be sold

by Alec Brandon

The Hyde Park Herald reports that the Harper Court

Zimmer, thus far

by Alec Brandon

For many students at the U of C, Robert Zimmer's tenure as president has been shaky. He has changed t

Class of 2011

by Alec Brandon

This is sort of interesting, the class of 2011 is going to be

2008 US News college rankings leaked: Chicago remains at 9

by Alec Brandon

Here are the 2008 US News College rankings:

Best National Universities
1. Princeton U

Hyde Park Herald & community: Killing Hyde Park one day at a time

by Alec Brandon

Google Street View coming to Chicago

by Alec Brandon

So on Thursday I was walking back to work after lunch down Kimbark Ave. and I spotted two very odd ca

Bethany is #1

by Alec Brandon

So the small town I hail from was just

More on the pay gap myth

by Alec Brandon

The Crimson is reporting that the bas

Wild ride1

by Alec Brandon

I'm glad this wasn't me.

(Hat

Attack of the books

by Alec Brandon

Man, the Canadians always do it better (except, of course,

D.C. to get a seat at the table?

by Alec Brandon

Sure it works in reality, but does it work in theory?

by Alec Brandon

Over at Marginal Revolution, Tyler Cowen has a very interesting

Why should we care?

by Alec Brandon

Russia

Yglesias's fallacy

by Alec Brandon

Matthew Yglesias, who is normally quite good, has a terrible

Spitzer and the free market

by Alec Brandon

Greg Mankiw had an interesting p

ROTC bans counterproductive to their cause

by Alec Brandon

It is graduation season again and at ceremonies all over the country, graduation speakers are offering up life lessons. One theme sure to make more than a few appearances is the importance of publi...

It's not the economics, stupid!

by Alec Brandon

Imposter at Stanford

by Alec Brandon

This is pretty great. A 19 y

"War on Terror" only a good name for pols

by Alec Brandon

About a year ago, The Atlantic Monthly published a provocative essay by James Fallows about the War on Terror. Fallows argued, quite convincingly, that U.S. interests would be best served by declar...

The line between terrorism and a plain old attack

by Alec Brandon

The big news today is that an attack on a U.S. Army base was caught before it happened. But it was fu

Facebook11

by Alec Brandon

In case you were wondering how far the Facebook has permeated into society, you can now conveniently

Lede of the year

by Alec Brandon

TNR editorializing on Chris

Good economics doesn't make good politics

by Alec Brandon

Last week, the U of C made big news when superstar economist Austan Goolsbee, a professor at the Graduate School of Business (GSB), was appointed as Barack Obama’s lead economic adviser for the 200...

Don't turn back the clock on abortion

by Alec Brandon

Wednesday, Justices Kennedy, Thomas, Scalia, Alito, and Roberts affirmed their places in history as the biggest tools ever when they redefined the extent to which women should be able to make decis...

Hyde Parkers need to realize the benefits of capitalism

by Alec Brandon

This weekend I made my way to the North Side to catch a ball game at Wrigley Field. I rarely leave Hyde Park, so it’s always a shock for me to see what a vibrant Chicago neighborhood looks like. Bu...

Global warming3

by Alec Brandon

Holocaust denial laws

by Alec Brandon

Censoring Holocaust denial is hypocritical

by Alec Brandon

One of my favorite rumors to emerge out of this summer’s World Cup had very little to do with soccer. The talk was that if Iran advanced past the opening round, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad would ...

And Barbaro

by Alec Brandon

And Barbaro

Bananas and terrorism

by Alec Brandon

Remember those anti-dr

KSK and torture

by Alec Brandon

Khalid Shaikh Mohammed (the other KSK in my life) has r

Giuliani and Chavez

by Alec Brandon

Rudy Giuliani's law firm repre

HP Herald and Obama

by Alec Brandon

Sometimes the Hyde Park Herald is a decent local newspaper. It has had really strong coverage of the

Oh, snap1

by Alec Brandon

The Crimson does what I

China becomes superficial

by Alec Brandon

This just in, superficialit

Top five stretch of songs on an album

by Alec Brandon

Alright, so here is the question of the day. What is the best ~10 minute stretch of consecutive songs

Vote for a good artist for Summer Breeze

by Alec Brandon

Who

Best movie action sequences

by Alec Brandon

Kiss Me Suzy does a

Day light savings

by Alec Brandon

I was all for adjusting the dates of the start and end of day light savings time, until I found it it

LA Times clueless

by Alec Brandon

The LA Times had this to

Richter for Congress

by Alec Brandon

How awesome is this:

Althou

On the Cubs

by Alec Brandon

Point—Counterpoint: Next year still nowhere in sight for the North Side

by Alec Brandon

The Cubs are only five games into the Cactus League season, and the annual meltdown has already begun. In the preliminary stages of their 2007 campaign, the Cubs are batting .230 and have a team ER...

Neurotic mouse clicking

by Alec Brandon

A couple of weeks ago the NY Times started a new feature where if you double click on a word a window

More on fair trade coffee

by Alec Brandon

Here is what this

Fair trade coffee1

by Alec Brandon

I made my triumphant return to the Viewpoints section today to

Cartoons!6

by Alec Brandon

Hilarity

by Alec Brandon

I don't know why I've linked to so many things from the Harvard Crimson lately, but this

Hurting the third world one latte at a time

by Alec Brandon

One of the stupidest developments to rise to prominence after the Seattle World Trade Organization riots—and that is really saying something—was the idea of fair trade coffee. Essentially, fair tra...

Trends2

by Alec Brandon

Ivy League garb t

Is a Rhodes worth it?

by Alec Brandon

These two Harvard grad's on Rhodes scholarships now

Video of the day3

by Alec Brandon

This is very interesting. It is a

Georgia sucks

by Alec Brandon

Georgia is really on fire lately in its attempt to show the country how much of a backwater it is. Th

Best Crime Report ever

by Alec Brandon

I meant to blog this a while ago, but

Video of the day4

by Alec Brandon

I haven't done this in a while.

Super Bowl Sunday

by Alec Brandon

U of C decides not to divest from Sudan

by Alec Brandon

Zimmer released the decisi

Point–Counterpoint: nothing likeable about bad news Bears

by Alec Brandon

Bears fans need to shut up. I’m honestly sick of all the talk I’ve heard about the team. How Brian Urlacher is the second coming of Jesus Christ. About how Devin Hester, who has been a non-facto...

Mark your calendar

by Alec Brandon

The 7th and last Harry Potter will be

State of the Union2

by Alec Brandon

Unsigned

by Alec Brandon

I haven't felt this good about the Maroon Staff

What if Jeb were president, more like what if George wasn't president

by Alec Brandon

That is the premise of an

Life for sale

by Alec Brandon

So many U of C students feel that they have no life that

Best sports blog ever

by Alec Brandon

OK, maybe it is the second best sports blog ever, after the Maroon Sports Blog, but you should go che

Good riddance

by Alec Brandon

New Haven is continuing its progression from crap hole (when I grew up in Morse tower I'd hear gun sh

Finally8

by Alec Brandon

Outlets in the Reg!
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Only place I could find labor cheaper than China.

by Alec Brandon

Only place I could find labor cheaper than China.

My new line of shoes

by Alec Brandon

Apparently they are now

Hack of the day

by Alec Brandon

After TNR's Michael Crowley slammed

Remember 527s? The FEC finally did.

by Alec Brandon

Yesterday the Federal Election Commission ruled that Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, the League of Con

The Ahmednejad look?

by Alec Brandon

According to CNN's Jeff Greenfield

Democrats lose the Senate?

by Alec Brandon

Senator Tim Johnson (Dem-SD) has reportedly

Baseball Prospectus: A U of C designed conspiracy?

by Alec Brandon

It has been brought to my attention that Nate Silver, who appears to be the main blogger on the Baseb

Beauty and the Geek responses

by Alec Brandon

My post

Video of the day5

by Alec Brandon

U of C superstar economist and Freakonomics author Steven Levitt is

Saller goes to Stanford

by Alec Brandon

Stanford solidifies

Baseball Prospectus blog

by Alec Brandon

If you are interested in serious baseball coverage and don't want to pay to read Baseball Prospectus'

Beauty and the Geek with no U of C people?!

by Alec Brandon

My roommate showed me that the cast of t

Stigler's law of eponymy

by Alec Brandon

It is fitting to post this right before my Statistics final.

Shakespeare≠Andrew Lloyd Webber

by Alec Brandon

I was expecting to be let down when I clicked on

Making a stand

by Alec Brandon

The Harvard Crimson Editorial Board on the University of Southern California's

Someone's gotta protect the Israel Lobby.

by Alec Brandon

Someone's gotta protect the Israel Lobby.

Video of the day6

by Alec Brandon

Robert Lucas, Sam Peltzman, Gary Becker, and Eugene Fama

Here, here.

by Alec Brandon

Here, here.

Make amends

by Alec Brandon

Raul Castro is interested

Why I kinda like the Uncommon application protests

by Alec Brandon

I have to admit that I have somewhat conflicting feelings about this whole Uncommon application todo.

US News gives U of C more love

by Alec Brandon

Well thi

Calderon

by Alec Brandon

Calderon takes office in Mexico and

Accepting the Common application

by Alec Brandon

Maroon Voices editor Ethan Stanlitlisjdlsjdlfkjsdlfsi has

Finals10

by Alec Brandon

Blogging is likely to be slow from me as finals start next week. But, if I finish all that I need to

Christian Coalition shows its true colors

by Alec Brandon

Christian Coalition president-elect

Maroon in Newsweek

by Alec Brandon

Newsweek references t

Hack of the day1

by Alec Brandon

Lou Dobbs.

Point–Counterpoint: Why I don't root for the Red Sox anymore

by Alec Brandon

For my entire adolescence the Red Sox represented a purer side of sports that I admired. Well, that’s not entirely true. They just represented something purer than the evil New York Yankees, who we...

U of C keeps early action

by Alec Brandon

Traffic4

by Alec Brandon

Traffic has really spiked here lately. A fair number of the hits we've been getting have to do with p

Why I don't care much for the Red Sox anymore

by Alec Brandon

Growing up in Connecticut,

John Edwards: What a hack

by Alec Brandon

First, he

What to do about AIDS in Africa

by Alec Brandon

Emily Oster's research

Becker and Posner on Friedman

by Alec Brandon

Becker's take is he

Most ill informed sentence of the week

by Alec Brandon

A lot of liberal bloggers (for example

49ers at .500!

by Alec Brandon

Video of the day7

by Alec Brandon

If you are a dog lover you should enjoy this video:

Picture of the day

by Alec Brandon

Ahhh

More evidence

by Alec Brandon

Further (anecdotal) evidence of my

Plans43

by Alec Brandon

I'll be gone this weekend, starting tomorrow, so no blogging from me until Sunday.

The Wire and homosexuality

by Alec Brandon

ESPN's LZ Granderson has a really interesting

Democrats avoid taking a hard turn left

by Alec Brandon

Andrew Sullivan posts an

More on Friedman

by Alec Brandon

1. This is

Friedman18

by Alec Brandon

As George notes, Milton Friedman has passed away.

This man is essentially the founder of t

Still getting the world's brain drain

by Alec Brandon

Post 9/11 the number of visas issued to foreigners to study in the US dropped significantly. This dev

Are sports teams an inferior good?

by Alec Brandon

Are sports franchises in your city an inferior g

Me.2389

by Alec Brandon

Me.

Tierney on Borat

by Alec Brandon

John Tierney makes a good po

Headline of the day

by Alec Brandon

"

The Daley dynasty

by Alec Brandon

So much for anyone giving Daley a run for his money in the next Mayoral election. Today both candidat

Video of the day8

by Alec Brandon

This video/song is pure genius. It will trap you and you won't be able to stop watching until you've

A bigger loser than K-Fed?

by Alec Brandon

This news might come as refreshing for K-Fed, looks like someone might not be as big of a loser as he

In defense of Intrade

by Alec Brandon

Ezra Klein links to what

Column of the day

by Alec Brandon

Ann Coulter justifying

Summary of recent minimum wage research

by Alec Brandon

Something tells me vote

The 100 most influential Americans

by Alec Brandon

The Atlantic is doing an issue on the 100 most influential Americans. You can vote (

What matters in elections

by Alec Brandon

It wouldn't be the Editors Blog if I didn't tie the election in with some research out of the Chicago

Minimum wage referenum

by Alec Brandon

Minimum wage increases were

Dems take VA

by Alec Brandon

At least according to MSNBC and the AP.

Democrats: The party of Lou Dobbs?

by Alec Brandon

Greg Mankiw has a post

Borat: Real or staged

by Alec Brandon

The finale? The prostitute? Staged.

Almost everything else? Apparently real.

Ch

Other big issues

by Alec Brandon

While there is tons of big news issues already, the Supreme Court had hearings today on the constitut

Why dump Rummy now?

by Alec Brandon

Matthew Yglesias seems to have the answer.

Pizza wars

by Alec Brandon

Video of the day9

by Alec Brandon

People might forget that the election isn't the only big issue today:

Quick hits2

by Alec Brandon

1) The AP and MSNBC (and CNN as George notes below) have called Montana for Tester. That means the on

MT and VA look safe

by Alec Brandon

From the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee via

More election updates

by Alec Brandon

1. Not only did Democrats do well last night, but Democratic

Election updates1

by Alec Brandon

As of 1:02am McCaskill is declaring victory. Now going to sleep for reals.

As of 12:58am I

Fagles!

by Alec Brandon

Robert Fagles has a n

Video of the day10

by Alec Brandon

Tony Blair - Should I Stay or Should I Go?

Maroon Voices blog

by Alec Brandon

It has been in business for awhile, but officially launch

Houdini, the spy?

by Alec Brandon

We'll be seeing a movie v

Too hot for TNR

by Alec Brandon

This news was

Gender and wages

by Alec Brandon

I have a big midterm tomorrow that (I feel) I am woefully under prepared for so blogging will be limi

T.O.330

by Alec Brandon

Is Terrell Owens capable of not stabbing his quarterbacks in the back?

First, he called Je

Campaign ad of the day

by Alec Brandon

Name game1

by Alec Brandon

I think I've blogged about this in the past, but I want to set the record straight on something I ver

Video of the day11

by Alec Brandon

Stupid athletes on ste

The pen is mightier

by Alec Brandon

Or in this case, the textbook is mightier. A cantidate for Oklahoma state superindendent is

Vitriol never pays off

by Alec Brandon

It is always (good) news when Hugo Chavez suffers a publicly humiliating setback. He has been making

Porn and rape: Complements or substitues?

by Alec Brandon

When my friends doubt that economics can offer a way of looking at anything, s

Fantasy Congress

by Alec Brandon

The NY Times has

Sudan: Not so simple after all

by Alec Brandon

The NY Times has an long overdue

A sound opinion on college admissions

by Alec Brandon

Stanford's Provost

Have a drink

by Alec Brandon

Paper of the day:

We estimate the relat

Most negative ads ever, redux

by Alec Brandon

Doesn't the press make a big deal about the prevalence of

Sunstein on Obama

by Alec Brandon

There has been a parade of columns and articles in the last couple of days on whether Barak Obama sho

Facebook changes that may actually be worth wasting your time over

by Alec Brandon

Everyone may have gotten upset over Facebook's new tool, "mini-feeds," but that change would be silly

Schumer is made a fool of

by Alec Brandon

Mankiw shames Sc

Congrats

by Alec Brandon

I still don't understand what he actually does, but I hope to be able to apply myself as successfully

Email2

by Alec Brandon

All summer I was averaging about 1-3 non-spam emails a day. Today classes started and my non-spam ema

Chomsky, RIP??

by Alec Brandon

It is never

Eric Clapton

by Alec Brandon

Last night I saw Eric Clapton perform at the United Center. Here are a couple initial thoughts:

Random thought

by Alec Brandon

I find that it is infinitely easier to convey my thoughts after reading. Particularly after reading <

The Olympics in Hyde Park? Essentially.

by Alec Brandon

Chicago

Chicago234

by Alec Brandon

Spent most of today packing up and doing last minute chores. Tomorrow I'm headed back to Chicago. Blo

Slamming progressives on minimum wage

by Alec Brandon

This summer has been a hot one, especially for progressives: Bush’s approval ratings are mired in the mid-30s, pariah Joe Lieberman has been ousted as the Democratic nominee for the Senate, and Dem...

Soriano anyone?

by Alec Brandon

Everyone on ESPN is talking about the NL MVP race being between Ryan Howard and Albert Pujols but how

Peretz's new blog

by Alec Brandon

I completely agree with

A hotel for Hyde Park?

by Alec Brandon

One shortcoming of the UChicago campus is its lack of a hotel for visitors. As a result, parents, fri

Someone who really needs the US to capture bin Laden

by Alec Brandon

A teacher has been waiting t

A cooler head prevails

by Alec Brandon

Lincoln Chafee, the last Rockefeller Republican,

9/111

by Alec Brandon

I didn't write an obligatory 9/11 post yesterday (I spent my blogging time yesterday packing up for m

The plight of urban black men

by Alec Brandon

A new

No, Wal-Mart isn't a monopsony

by Alec Brandon

Last week Ezra Klein claimed that Wal-Mart was a monopsony because of its threats made over the prosp

Harvard nixes early admissions

by Alec Brandon

It was good to see Harvard

Reality based politics in Chicago?

by Alec Brandon

Daley has gone ahead and vetoed the miserable "big-box" ordinance passed earlier this summer. He stil

Oh dear

by Alec Brandon

This post is likely to set off

Guilt and sorrow upon Blair's exit

by Alec Brandon

It is pretty depressing to see Tony Blair

Facebook uproar

by Alec Brandon

It was delightful to see articles in both the

Video of the day12

by Alec Brandon

Boogaloo Shrimp!

Gay Rabbis will soon be allowed

by Alec Brandon

Accord

Kobe calls for better team chemistry?!

by Alec Brandon

I found this ESPN article h

PS3 release cut

by Alec Brandon

Bad news for

Sports Ethics: Little League Edition

by Alec Brandon

Eugene Volokh a p

US Higher Education

by Alec Brandon

Duke President Richard Broadhead had

Is Wal-Mart a monopsony?

by Alec Brandon

Ezra Klein thinks so, here i

Karl Rove news

by Alec Brandon

Andrew Sullivan had two newsworthy nuggets about Karl Rove today.

Today's civics lesson

by Alec Brandon

Finally a little boy whose dad is as powerful as every little boy views their dad:

"Let me

Car subscription services

by Alec Brandon

The idea of owning a car in Chicago is overwhelming, let alone the idea of owning one in a jam packed

Fun editorials at the LA Times

by Alec Brandon

The LA Times had two fun editorials on subjects that don't typically warrant such attention.

Ahmadinejad is crazy, but Iran is no Nazi Germany

by Alec Brandon

Just when you thought things couldn't get worse in Iran,

Bizzare story of the day

by Alec Brandon

The Brandeis tennis team no longer has to worry about co-blogger George Anesi, but they do have to wo

Kidnap this man, now

by Alec Brandon

Maroon Sports Editor (and a

Video of the day13

by Alec Brandon

Blog news

by Alec Brandon

Matthew Yglesias has condensed all his blogging into one bl

Bizzare story of the day1

by Alec Brandon

Strippers are becoming

Why you should never trust government statistics

by Alec Brandon

Greg Mankiw has a

Mayer returns to weenie status?

by Alec Brandon

I always figured that John Mayer was a huge weenie. Then he started touring with the John Mayer Trio.

Story of the day2

by Alec Brandon

Story of the day:

US Marines guarding Saddam Hussein have been

A new business model for online music

by Alec Brandon

There was an interesting article in the NYTimes about

Traveling3

by Alec Brandon

I'll be mostly out of commission until Friday as I am visiting family in California.

Democratic strategy for '06: Do nothing

by Alec Brandon

At TNR, Peter Beinert has an interestin

Emanuel family fun

by Alec Brandon

You may have never heard about the Emanuels (there are three sons, Rahm is a congressman from Illinoi

Stupid security policies

by Alec Brandon

It is so absurd that the government, in its attempts to ensure the security of airplanes would ban al

Stem Cell Advance?

by Alec Brandon

The

Best villain ever

by Alec Brandon

Mr. Mxyzptlk.

Basically, this is a

Public sector unions

by Alec Brandon

It is always a good day

Video of the day14

by Alec Brandon

Some Princeton Review gu

Suspicions confirmed

by Alec Brandon

Whitney Houston's #1 fan: Osama bin Laden

by Alec Brandon

Sudanese writer and activist Kola Boof, 37, claims in "Diary of a Lost Girl" that she was

Another moderate bites the dust

by Alec Brandon

Bloomberg won't be making

Bush overcompensates for his lack of intellectual cred

by Alec Brandon

Ezra Klein had a very funny po

Yglesias on mom and pops

by Alec Brandon

Prominent liberal blogger Matt Ygeslias had

The best of Bill O'Reilly

by Alec Brandon

If you hate Bill O'Reilly, then you have to check

Tall people are better

by Alec Brandon

Now we have proof:

On average, taller peop

California raises the minimum wage, why this is good news

by Alec Brandon

Schwarzenegger and the California legislature

Arrested Development DVD extras

by Alec Brandon

More accolades for the U of C

by Alec Brandon

The Bible meets Grand Theft Auto

by Alec Brandon

The Washington Post had

Unions lead to equality? Since when?

by Alec Brandon

Many in the blogosphere are talking about

The Chicago School of Economics' official wristband

by Alec Brandon

Finally,

Rice to retire as a 49er

by Alec Brandon

It is absurd that this took so long

Here, here.1

by Alec Brandon

Here, here.

Are you a Yankees or Sox fan: A report from no-man's land

by Alec Brandon

The negatives of jumping up in the US News college rankings

by Alec Brandon

In a

The woes of Wal-Mart

by Alec Brandon

It has been a tough week for Wal-Mart, the retailer everyone loves to hate.

First,

I definately agree with that.

by Alec Brandon

I definately agree with that.

How UChicago went from 15th to 9th in one year

by Alec Brandon

In my earlier post on how the hell the UChicago jumped from 15th to 9th "best college" in the country

Chicago moves up, not that anyone should care

by Alec Brandon

As Ethan rep

It's time to get these mothafucking bees of this mothafucking plane

by Alec Brandon

Bees on a plane!

Successes of my goofy brethern

by Alec Brandon

The man who gives every goofy, lanky legged p

US News College rankings2

by Alec Brandon

US News and World Report College Rankings come out tomorrow. I know that the rankings have seriously

Why haven't moderate Republicans switched party?

by Alec Brandon

While driving into work today there was some stupid call-in show on NPR. One of the guests made refer

An athlete truly gives back to the community

by Alec Brandon

So often major black figures harm the prospects of black youths by providing them false hope that the

Lieberman is back on top

by Alec Brandon

Good news from Connecticut today, Lieberman is, yet again, trouncing Lamont in

Factoid of the day

by Alec Brandon

Coolest thing I've read about i

When rhetoric and the aims of that rhetoric collide

by Alec Brandon

I spent much of my allotted blogging time today putting together a column for the orientation issue o

A good day for some very bad people

by Alec Brandon

Fantastic news out of the Middle East today, Hezbollah has

Running Carlos Zambrano into the ground

by Alec Brandon

Leave it to the Cubs to run their only consistently healthy pitcher, Carlos Zambrano,

Video of the day15

by Alec Brandon

In honor of seeing Derek Trucks rip it up on

Weeds

by Alec Brandon

Tonight is the season premier of Showtime's great comedy

Bizarre polling results

by Alec Brandon

Over at TAPPED, there is a bri

The 49ers actually play well

by Alec Brandon

What small shops?

by Alec Brandon

One of the stupidest arguments in favor of the Big-Box ordinance in Chicago is that keeping Wal-Mart

Should Democrats become more conservative economically?

by Alec Brandon

Should the Democratic party move to the center on economic issues? Well ideologically that is an easy

So glad I am not a DC intern

by Alec Brandon

This W

Immigration and labor

by Alec Brandon

A Pew

Obrador's case for a recount

by Alec Brandon

I'm back in service today. Wow does moving suck.

Anyways, I found

Video of the day16

by Alec Brandon

Sorry for the blogging absence today, I've been busy helping my family move into a new house. I shoul

Markets in everything: Mummified bodies

by Alec Brandon

I'm sure that

Douche bag update

by Alec Brandon

I've read a couple of people's favorite bits of the Joe Francis (creator of "Girls Gone Wild")

Stupid welfare policies

by Alec Brandon

The Washington Post had

How Colbert gets his guests, part deux

by Alec Brandon

As part of my

Talladega Nights and the evolution of Will Ferrel's career

by Alec Brandon

I saw Will Ferrel's newest movie, Talladega Nights ove

Why I'm voting for Lieberman

by Alec Brandon

Why I am voting for Lieberman on August

Douche bag alert

by Alec Brandon

This probably doesn't come as a surprise to anyone, but the creator of Girls Gone Wild--Joe Francis--

More mass slaughter of dogs in China

by Alec Brandon

In regards to my ear

Senior political science professors at the U of C

by Alec Brandon

Via Greg Mankiw, I found this piece by Dan Drezner f

France takes on Google??

by Alec Brandon

Apparently the French government is spending millions in an attempt to develop a French alternative t

Arrested Development quote of the day

by Alec Brandon

Buster finds his mother sleeping with hi

Cool factoid of the day

by Alec Brandon

How fast does the eye t

Minimum wage hike rejected

by Alec Brandon

Hammond must be sad, the minimum wage hike

Headline choices don't prove much

by Alec Brandon

I have another gripe with Sullivan today,

Trust me, Hollywood is liberal

by Alec Brandon

Andrew Sullivan had a very la

Bizzare class-action lawsuit ad

by Alec Brandon

The deterrent effect of terrible prison conditions

by Alec Brandon

Ezra Klein has a post on the

Uh oh

by Alec Brandon

Lieberman is losing even more

China's doggy death squads

by Alec Brandon

I'm not much of an animal rights activist (like Cass Sunstein

The legitimate (but offensive) questions of the day

by Alec Brandon

1) What biological differences might

Just as I worried

by Alec Brandon

I was concerned about this as I wrote

Professional certification

by Alec Brandon

My old economics professor, John List (whose research I discussed

Arrested Development quote of the day1

by Alec Brandon

Buster to Michael:

That's what you do when life hands you a chance to be with someone spec

Voters reject intelligent design

by Alec Brandon

Castro's illness is no reason to celebrate

by Alec Brandon

I wonder if Castro was ever really all that sick. I mean, does this strike you as the type of guy who

Ad of the day1

by Alec Brandon

South Park ran

Video of the day17

by Alec Brandon

The most absurd stories of the day

by Alec Brandon

The Plank had two very amusing stories today:

1. Larry Kudlow

EITC3

by Alec Brandon

So, a commenter (and soon-to-be UChicago applicant)

The spread of extreme Islamist government

by Alec Brandon

How far has the Chicago city council really gone?

by Alec Brandon

Chicago has gotten a lot of attention lately for the actions of the city government. Earlier in the y

PS Good luck with the application process.

by Alec Brandon

PS Good luck with the application process.

More reason to prefer the EITC to the minimum wage

by Alec Brandon

While the Senate debates raising the unproven and logically flawed minimum wage, I found

The record industry reaps what it sows

by Alec Brandon

Slate had this interesting discussion of the

Since when is this blog anti-Israel? Since Google decided we were.

by Alec Brandon

I wonder if the ADL knew what they were getting themselves into

Let the Swiftboating begin

by Alec Brandon

This really got me pissed off:

Tar baby and every other epithet you're suppose to know, but never say

by Alec Brandon

On Saturday, Mitt Romney, the Governor of Massachusetts who is also widely considered to be a potenti

Rochester: Battle of the analogies

by Alec Brandon

Tim wondered why

Sticking it to Ashlee Simpson

by Alec Brandon

Documentarians gone awry

by Alec Brandon

Aaron Russo, who seems like a more radical version of Michael Moore, is coming out with a movie even

Video of the day18

by Alec Brandon

Andrew Sullivan is right about this Colbert interview, which

What do North Pole expeditions tell us about the private vs. public debate

by Alec Brandon

While working today I found this

Betting on everything

by Alec Brandon

Tyler Cowen links

Minimum wage hike might become policy, not just rhetoric anymore

by Alec Brandon

Republicans might give in and

How Colbert gets those big names on his show

by Alec Brandon

I've always been wondering how Steven Colbert gets so many high profile guests, well Neal Katyal, who

Brokeback Aquaman

by Alec Brandon

One of the most entertaining shows on this summer, Entourage, might have been onto something when the

The Brooks, Dowd, and Friedman editorial formula revealed

by Alec Brandon

As someone who has become increasing tired of the NYTimes op-ed page, I found

The Landis doping allegations: Why release the information before it's certain?

by Alec Brandon

Bush's latest approval ratings

by Alec Brandon

I was wondering how Bush's polling numbers were a couple of days ago. You might remember how, in June

Levitt on the finer things in a celebrity economist's life

by Alec Brandon

There's something extremly alluring about Steven Levitt--t

The playlists of British MPs

by Alec Brandon

The BBC had this entertaining story

I miss Ashcroft too, isn't that sad?

by Alec Brandon

The Wa

Good and bad Chicago news

by Alec Brandon

Big boxes

by Alec Brandon

The big box proposal will come to a vote today (details of the proposal are in the link below).

Arrested Development movie?1

by Alec Brandon

Cubs news

by Alec Brandon

1. I don't know if I could root for a Cubs team owned by

Harper Theater1

by Alec Brandon

Something (link not stable) might

The new Razr

by Alec Brandon

The Razr was pretty cool, the new conception of it

Roland Fryer

by Alec Brandon

Damn,

This year's Uncommon Application essay questions

by Alec Brandon

One of the U of C's most beloved institutions—if you could call it that—is the Uncommon Applicati

Quote of the day5

by Alec Brandon

Turns out that, for this White House, Karl Rove's opinion on the embryonic vs. adult stem cell debate

Price discrimination vs. lower sticker prices for college tuition

by Alec Brandon

While looking for papers at work today I stumbled on

I now have a homepage

by Alec Brandon

It isn't much, but it's better than nothing.

Congrats George.

by Alec Brandon

Congrats George.

9/11 Exploitation

by Alec Brandon

In case you didn't already know that conservatives were drumming up the War on Terror and exploiting

Quick Hits7

by Alec Brandon

Because there is so much to mention and so much

The whole country vs. the WSJ and Kevin Federline

by Alec Brandon

Good and bad news for Lieberman

by Alec Brandon

Everyone in the blogosphere is talking about how

Since when is Obama Irish?

by Alec Brandon

Since when is Obama Irish?

Maryland's Wal-Mart healthcare law shot down

by Alec Brandon

More employment news today,

Haley Joel Osment drives what?

by Alec Brandon

The LA Times

Video of the day19

by Alec Brandon

This is one of the most offensive things I have seen in a long time. Elizabeth Smart, the Utah girl w

Barack is headed to Iowa

by Alec Brandon

Obama in '08?

It certainly looks like he is

That's it! It's time to get these motha-fucking critics off this motha-fucking plane

by Alec Brandon

Re: Maximizing employment

by Alec Brandon

Will Baude rightfully takes me

While the world looks away, Iraq goes even further to hell

by Alec Brandon

While the whole world focuses on events in Israel,

A study tell us the obvious

by Alec Brandon

A new study has found that,

Towards a coherent employment policy

by Alec Brandon

To feed your hankering for top editorials of the day, I found

Doing something about U of C Law School's "centerpiece"

by Alec Brandon

Only in Chicago

by Alec Brandon

Speakin

Save your breath

by Alec Brandon

David Bernstein at Volokh Conspiracy had

A good veto to be remembered for

by Alec Brandon

I hope that Bush is forced to use his first, and only veto,

The scoopees become the scoopers

by Alec Brandon

While George is

Vote or Lose out on big money

by Alec Brandon

As George notes (now h

I like this feature you've been doing.

by Alec Brandon

I like this feature you've been doing.

Something to unite the world

by Alec Brandon

Top Five: Albums3

by Alec Brandon

Alright, so here are my top five favorite albums.

1. "Layla" by Derek and the Dominos: It

The worst song on a near perfect album

by Alec Brandon

I don't mean to preview my best album list for tomorrow, but

Ted Stevens - Pipes (Remix)

by Alec Brandon

Senator Ted Stevens, the man who has come to define bringing home the bacon with his bridges to nowhe

I'd be happy too

by Alec Brandon

The widow of slain WSJ reporter Daniel Pearl will be played by Angelina Jolie. Upon hearing that,

Giuliani in '08

by Alec Brandon

Apparentl

New feature1

by Alec Brandon

From now on, every Friday I am going to do a top five list.

Why? Because, I want to and fo

Reasons to like soccer more than American football

by Alec Brandon

Euguene Volokh li

Chicago makes its Olympic bid

by Alec Brandon

While the idea of billions focusing their attention on Chicago sounds like a great proposition, I don

Weekly Standard drops the ball

by Alec Brandon

At the start of the World Cup, the Weekly Standard went off on soccer as

Interesting developments

by Alec Brandon

It is funny how, lately, my posts on

Why did Gaddafi give in to the US?

by Alec Brandon

You might remember that a couple of years ago, in a total change of face, Muammar Gaddafi

Battle of the libraries: What the Reg could learn from the Yale Law library

by Alec Brandon

Working at the Yale Law School library this summer has got me thinking a lot about libraries. I've fo

Zidane's new move

by Alec Brandon

As Tim noted (ironic

Video of the day20

by Alec Brandon

While this blog seems consumed with sports lately I figured I'd make this video of a high school Regg

Video of the day21

by Alec Brandon

In honor of the World Cup final and Zidane's last game, here is a sweet video of his signature move:

Rooting for France

by Alec Brandon

Over at OxBlo

Brooks on Lieberman

by Alec Brandon

As usual Brooks produces sweeping generalizations about the state of politics from next to nothing in

53rd St. Co-Op to become new home of Hyde Park Produce

by Alec Brandon

One of the biggest knocks against Hyde Pa

Stupidest thing I've read today

by Alec Brandon

Over at the National Review, Mark Levin had

Economics of gender in the blogosphere

by Alec Brandon

I got thinking about gender in the blogosphere today when I stumbled on the now resurrected blog

Lieberman's woes

by Alec Brandon

Much like his last move,

David Bernstein vs. Freakonomics

by Alec Brandon

I thought David Bernstein had an

The press and the government

by Alec Brandon

There has been a lot of hoopla over the disclosure that the US government was legally monitoring inte

The Devil Wears Prada

by Alec Brandon

For some reason everyone in the blogosphere has seen this movie (

Paying non-farmers not to farm

by Alec Brandon

The Washington Post

Thomas is pwned

by Alec Brandon

In his dissent in the Hamdan case, Justice Clarence Thomas h

Rooting for America

by Alec Brandon

George's post earlier

Beauty of townships

by Alec Brandon

In honor of

Whose responsible for bogus rape allegations?

by Alec Brandon

As much as I don't like preppy lacrosse players, it seems like the Duke Lacrosse team members (likely

Misinterpreting the Hamdan decision

by Alec Brandon

The NY Times has

Horay! Let the debate begin.

by Alec Brandon

Horay!

Let the debate begin.

Oh boy2

by Alec Brandon

This is all extremly tenative, especially considering that the ruling was made ten minutes ago,

NY Times controversy

by Alec Brandon

Everyone seems a little baffled by the reaction from conservatives and Bush about the NY Times' repor

Russian anger

by Alec Brandon

Apparently Russians

Flag burning scare?

by Alec Brandon

George noted earlier how close the Senate's vote on the flag burning amendment (it was shot down by j

Shameless promotion

by Alec Brandon

While reading

Sign that the immigration debate has bottomed out

by Alec Brandon

Don Goldwater, nephew of the late Sen. Barry Goldwater, caused an international stir this

Minimum Wage9

by Alec Brandon

Despite the fact that we have a resident "expert" on the minimum wage, I think Paul Krugman got it ri

Hitler or Coulter?

by Alec Brandon

I've avoided commenting on the whole to do about the utterly useless Anne Coulter, but this is just t

Futurama returns

by Alec Brandon

One of my favorite shows is returning

This is awesome.

by Alec Brandon

This is awesome.

Quick Hits10

by Alec Brandon

Normally I'd write something for all of these, but I'd actually like to do something tonight, so inst

Re: Brooks and changing political parties

by Alec Brandon

Now Hammon

Brooks on the real ideological division in America

by Alec Brandon

David Brooks has a well written

Wanna raise money? Have hot women do it for you

by Alec Brandon

For purposes of contrast, Professor List and his team then increased the attractiveness o

Fred Barnes Redux

by Alec Brandon

My boy, Fred Barnes, has

The Czech Republic? I don't even know where that is!

by Alec Brandon

Oh well.

The internet is a small world

by Alec Brandon

Why go to business school?

by Alec Brandon

The NY Times

Get this admin a PR person

by Alec Brandon

Why did the US have to even open its mouth after the

Video of the day22

by Alec Brandon

Things will be slow until Sunday because I am moving my life back to Connecticut for the summer. In t

Rock, papers, scissors, the ultimate dispute resolution

by Alec Brandon

Upon consideration of the Motion – the latest in a series of Gordian knots that the par

Grade inflation2

by Alec Brandon

There is a small discussion going on about grade inflation at

Is Zarqawi's death reason to celebrate?

by Alec Brandon

George might have beaten me to this, but here is what I wrote anyways:

Iraq's most famous

Video of the day23

by Alec Brandon

I started this video of the day thing completely unaware that I would be able to find decent videos e

Somalia: Or why we shouldn't withdraw from Iraq

by Alec Brandon

The present state of thing

The new frontiers of economics

by Alec Brandon

I have been half-involved in a debate over at Marginal Revolution on

Jeb Bush tells us what is and isn't history

by Alec Brandon

Jeb Bush, the

Video of the day24

by Alec Brandon

I normally don't like Jon Stewart's interviews, but he really sticks it to Bill Bennett on gay marria

Obama has some fun with Colbert

by Alec Brandon

Kristof supports sweatshops

by Alec Brandon

Uber-liberal Nicholas Kristof

Video of the day25

by Alec Brandon

This video, called

Video of the day26

by Alec Brandon

This is amazing, 200 liters of diet Coke and 500 Mentos.

The many layers of the Darfur situation

by Alec Brandon

I had always thought Darfur was a pretty simple case of genocide of a Christian minority.

SCOTUS and the FBI raids

by Alec Brandon

It's finals week so my procrastination has taken the form of blogging. Anyways, former OxBlogger Josh

Moral responsibility and the law

by Alec Brandon

Dan Kahan on the moral responsibility of lawyers in relation to the torture memos as given in his

Fred Barnes1

by Alec Brandon

Whoever knew Fred Barnes had a

Michelle Wie

by Alec Brandon

The media loves to hype any attempt by a female to outdo the men (just remember the hype surrounding

Swiss AIDS campaign

by Alec Brandon

Switzerland

Hyde Park116

by Alec Brandon

In an extremely sad post Dan Drezner bids

Mercenaries to Darfur

by Alec Brandon

Max Boot

Does gerrymandering really impact electoral success?

by Alec Brandon

Two Harvard economists conten

Endless fun with graphs

by Alec Brandon

This might be

More Zimbabwe Woes

by Alec Brandon

It only gets worse from here.

Gore in '08???

by Alec Brandon

Who would have ever thunk that Gore would be

Perhaps I should start believing the hype

by Alec Brandon

I have been skeptical about the bird flu hype for along time, well if this is true, there is

I knew something was wrong with Utah

by Alec Brandon

Not only does it offer 15th Century notions concerning sexuality and gender equality, but you also ge

Darfur activists need to put up or shut up

by Alec Brandon

The genocide in Darfur has certainly become a hip cause in the U.S. It has succeeded in uniting some of Hollywood’s most liberal with the South’s most conservative evangelical Christians. Lately st...

Simpsons Movie?!

by Alec Brandon

Check out the trailer...funn

Race changing cream

by Alec Brandon

If you thought plastic surgery was repulsive,

Troops along the border

by Alec Brandon

The

Comments are up/ Do you see a banner??

by Alec Brandon

Let the commenting begin, but before people can actually comment on our arguments I have a special re

What to do about Ahmadinejad's letter

by Alec Brandon

Dan Drezner had another great tidbit on h

You know this one hurts

by Alec Brandon

While Bush's poll numbers would have a hard time getting any worse, CNN

Burkas

by Alec Brandon

Watching women eat spaghetti has never been so upsetting as

Qwest: The telecommunications firm that doesn't illegally violate your privacy

by Alec Brandon

Telecommunications firm Qwest came out today to

Thoughts on the Bush presidency

by Alec Brandon

This past week has really been a microcosm of the Bush presidency. In many ways he is just like Reaga

Luttig resignation theories

by Alec Brandon

Earlier this week the legal blogosphere was perculating from the news that super-star conservative Fo

Moussaoui

by Alec Brandon

So it turns out the

Frank Deford: The man, the look

by Alec Brandon

While Hammond might enj

Why I won't be seeing Mission Impossible 3

by Alec Brandon

Scientology, at times (like

Does the death penalty actually deter homicide?

by Alec Brandon

Ever since Paul Ehrlich's 1975 paper on t

Re: Divestment

by Alec Brandon

Let me explain myself further on a couple Sudan related matters.

I am actually not an

Rational petrol politics

by Alec Brandon

Taking away tarrifs

Pelosi gets owned

by Alec Brandon

For someone unlikely to ever wake up in time for the Sunday morning talk shows,

Ahmadinejad's Mein Kampf

by Alec Brandon

Yesterday I

The law and "special" cookies

by Alec Brandon

Orin Kerr is

Not even Mearsheimer can rationalize this one away

by Alec Brandon

Apparently fresh off of threatenin

Darfur might unite, but what good is that?

by Alec Brandon

While genocide seems to be something that everyone can get together on (for discussions on this check

The Da Vinci Code, the Catholic Church, and free expression

by Alec Brandon

Over at Volokh Conspiracy a number of really interesting points have been made about statements made

Lieberman's challenge

by Alec Brandon

Senator Joe Lieberman (full disclosure: I briefly campaigned for Lieberman in 2004, though mostly as

Poker, Prostitutes, and the CIA

by Alec Brandon

Porter Goss's resignation seemed utterly uninteresting to me until I found out poker and prostitutes

Thank god1

by Alec Brandon

This just might be my experience in dealing with the type of constituents that call into Congressiona

When it rains it pours

by Alec Brandon

And just when you thought things could get no worse in Zimbabwe,

Affinity for unelected officials

by Alec Brandon

One of the most interesting things about the spate of generals coming out against Secretary of Defens

Housing Options: Shoreland Hall

by Alec Brandon

Since the 1920s, the Shoreland, a registered national landmark, has provided luxurious shelter to everyone from Al Capone and Elvis to its present, eclectic mix of U of C students. Part of the Sho...

Finally, an approach to organ donation better than complete apathy

by Alec Brandon

The state of organ donation is simply devastating in the United States. The present system, in which individuals are assumed not to be organ donors unless they denote otherwise, ends in the needles...

You’re not allowed to say that about Israel

by Alec Brandon

After a long spell of deep interest in Middle Eastern politics, I have grown weary of even thinking about the region, let alone discussing it with the ardent Zionists with whom I used to love argui...

Summers coup is a failure for all

by Alec Brandon

Many U of C students loath Harvard. It is consistently ranked as one of the top colleges in the nation and universities in the world. It attracts some of the brightest faculty and students. Its end...

America: Isolation leads only to decline

by Alec Brandon

During this year’s State of the Union address, President George Bush made a gratuitous number of references to “isolationists and protectionists.” At the time it seemed like he was merely building ...

Pay attention, America. Culture counts.

by Alec Brandon

It has been a rough couple of weeks for liberalism in the Middle East. Last week saw the rise to power of theocratic terrorists in the Palestinian Authority. This has been all but overshadowed by t...

Blaming Wal-Mart is counterproductive

by Alec Brandon

For some reason Wal-Mart has become a point of enormous contention in the United States. Wal-Mart has been furiously vilified by the left with books and movies. It has consistently been blamed for ...

Want to liberate Cuba? End the Embargo.

by Alec Brandon

Luckily for the United States and the people of Cuba, Fidel Castro is mortal. Soon the dictator will enter his eighth decade of life. When he dies you can expect a rush of Cuban exiles presently in...

The Ghetto party is simply an insensitive act of the few

by Alec Brandon

By now, everyone has heard about the now-infamous “Ghetto” party. Of course there have been dozens of editorials written on the event, but I think all of them have missed the real crux of this issu...

Alec Brandon

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