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You may remember a few months ago, when large digital media company Gawker (of Gawker, Deadspin, Jezebel, etc), lost a huge lawsuit to Hulk Hogan over Gawker's decision to publish Hogan's sex tape. The lawsuit could cost Gawker well over $100 million dollars. Suing media companies is very...

It would seem strange that Bernie Sanders, a candidate who has staked his entire campaign on fighting income inequality and providing direct assistance to the poor, has lost almost every state where income inequality is greatest. With the election virtually out of reach at this point, he points...

So, I'm going to operate on the assumption here that it is still relatively unlikely that Donald Trump, the specific person, is going to be building a lasting political empire. His particular negatives as a candidate have been expounded upon in dozens of threads, and we don't really need to...

I don't have much of a computer background (i.e, I don't code, haven't used Linux, haven't played around with breadboards before), but I'm seriously considering picking up a Raspberry Pi in the near future, after seeing some of these crazy projects people have been able to build with theirs...

The 2015 season is over, so let's keep the conversation going in this thread, as we approach signing day, conference expansion, and more.

So this recent article (I know, it's POLITICO, I know), got me thinking. Here, it shows that CNN, an outlet that once said they weren't going to cover Donald Trump, has actually written more about him than Clinton, or just about anybody else. Full story is here...

This article has a really interesting breakdown of the partisan affiliation (measured by political donations) of a ton of different professions. What's the breakdown of your profession, and does that surprise you? Are there others that are surprising? Three of my four post-college jobs are...

We were talking about this at work yesterday, and we were all struggling to both figure out the answer, and how to measure it. Racism is everywhere, especially in bigger cities, but where could you move and experience it the least? Our thinking was that the "least racist" city would be a...

Okay, so maybe this will just be interesting to me and like, two other people, but I'll make a thread here anyway. Many newspapers in the US have had unionized employees, particularly blue collar ones (like typesetters, delivery drivers, etc...but also some writers), but none of the big...

The conventional wisdom, echoed sometimes in here and many times in current policy circles, is that "college isn't for everyone", and many issues with college affordability, quality and more can be traced to the idea that too many students who are not academically prepared are being pushed into...

Based on that other thread, it got me thinking...how do you guys break up money in a relationship? Different bank accounts? Allowances? Proportional spending? Something else? What do you guys do?

So this is an interesting story. Jack White played a concert at the University of Oklahoma. Using the Freedom of Information Act, the Oklahoma student newspaper obtained a copy of White's contract, including the technical details of the show and the concert. Like most rock stars, the contract...

So I saw this article a few days ago, prompted by some of the backlash against Obama's 529 college savings plan, about who the "middle class" is in the United States. Here is the particularly interesting paragraph: So coming to this definition is tricky, especially as it becomes such a...

Are you a Republican presidential hopeful who is tired of your local media getting your stories all wrong? Here's an idea...start your own taxpayer-funded news company to compete with them! Oh wait, that's exactly what Indiana's Gov Mike Pence is going to do. Full story at the link. So...

I think that's the correct term here. Full story at Polygon here. http://www.polygon.com/2014/10/14/6979071/utah-state-university-anita-sarkeesian-threats What's to be done about this? Should the author have caved? Did Utah's laws fail? What can be done about these absolutely crazy...

I've never missed a US election before, but I'm seriously considering skipping this one. Here's my thinking. I'd be interested to see if anybody can talk me back into voting...I'm open to it! I recently moved to Maryland's 4th congressional district. No Republican has ever earned more than...

That's just one of the interesting nuggets from this story on who prays, and what for: http://www.vox.com/2014/10/6/6918427/lots-of-americans-pray-heres-what-they-pray-for-study What do you think? Anything here surprise you? Is this a cause for concern? What does this mean?

Okay kids, here are your week one games, and a refresher on the rules! Anybody can play! You just need to predict the winner of the game, and who covers! Get the game right, you get a point. Get the spread right, you get another point! Whoever has the most points after 15 weeks wins...

So, this has been happening to me over the last month and a half. It would be a funny story, I suppose, if it was happening to somebody else. A learning experience for sure, and hopefully, it ends with a happy ending. Suggestions are welcome. For the first time in a few years, I now have...

Hey friends, with the season coming up, and with some early lines already leaking in, I thought I'd start a thread on this, in particular, to ask about last year. For the first time, last season, we moved beyond just straight picking winners and losers, and added a pick against the spread...