There goes the no-no. Severino gave up no hits into the 8th. Battle of former Yankee pitchers with Taillon on the hill for the Cubs.

By Saudi Arabia letting it be known their intent to normalize relations with Israel, it doesn't matter when they follow through. (Unless this really is just a trial balloon).

Interesting theory and probably right. Boomers are a large and wealthy age cohort and are spending a lot as they enter retirement.

Good to see this book in the wild... It's a collection of historiographical essays on American slavery, organized thematically. I wrote the intro, the overview chapter, the chapter on emancipation, and the bibliography. Lots of good scholars contributed.

So does anybody know who exactly put these signs up at GW? It shouldn't be hard to find that out. You can let your imagination run wild and speculate but there should be some what to find exactly who put up that sign in the middle.

I support students’ freedom of speech and right to peaceful assembly; I reject police violence, excessive use of force, and attempts to trample on the First Amendment; censorship and suppression of free expression are inconsistent with American values and what makes our country…

Interesting piece on how and why campus protests at Rice and U of Houston didn't spiral into the chaotic scenes elsewhere (inc. UT-Austin). Seems like both sides found a way to let them proceed without being very disruptive.

It’s pretty amazing just how much this website creates completely different realities about supposedly similar events. When you have some offline knowledge of what is actually going on, this site is even more useless.