Even with the official Pitchers and Catchers date opening training camps today, steroids are still at the top of the blotter in the absence of real baseball news. The fallout continues with regards to both Jason Giambi’s press conference and Jose Canseco’s allegations. Canseco was interviewed by Mike Wallace on last Sunday’s 60 Minutes, and …
Last spring, during the contentious 9-11 hearings, National Security Advisor/Traitor to the Human Race Condoleezza Rice produced an outrageous spit-take moment while testifying before the Independent National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States. When asked to recall the title of a particular President’s Daily Briefing memo, dated August 6, 2001, Rice casually remarked …
Apologies for the relative quietude of this site in recent weeks. I’ve become absorbed in another big project, doing some research for Will Carroll’s upcoming and increasingly well-timed book on steroids, The Juice (not to be confused with Jose Canseco’s tell-all Juiced, about which more momentarily). As unappealing as I find the topic of steroids, …
We’ve all known that the road could lead to this juncture, yet we hoped it would not. So it’s easy to be disappointed but hard to be surprised at the revelation via his leaked BALCO grand-jury testimony that Yankee first baseman Jason Giambi used illegal steroids. As I’ve defended him over the past year, it’s …
I’ve got a good friend whose politics I generally agree with, who for the purposes of this article we’ll call Bob. Bob has a tendency when debating certain issues to veer towards a self-righteousness that’s so shrill it can make whatever he’s arguing against seem like a good idea. I’ve pondered this phenomenon for years …