Something quite brilliant was in the air this week on the world’s golf tours. A new course debuted in Scotland, South Africa stood tall with two champions, and the world anticipated a return to a legendary, northern course that has not seen an Open Championship since 1951. The American tours are drawing to a close,…
Read morePeople who were told to 'go back to their country' share their experiences with the racist phrase
ICYMI: our President used a despicable racist phrase this weekend to bully and disparage members of Congress who have challenged him. In a series of tweets that should’ve been deleted the second they left his tiny, racist brain, he told “‘Progressive’ Democrat Congresswomen” they should “go back to where they came from.” The tweet was most likely…
Read moreThe 19th Hole: Jean van de Velde
Jean van de Velde talks with host Michael Williams on the 20th anniversary of his legendary collapse in the 1999 Open Championship at Carnoustie. Also features Thomas Reiter of Big Max golf carts and a tribute to Mark Parsinen (Kingsbarns, Castle Stuart). Check out the full podcast on SoundCloud below, or click here to listen on…
Read moreTweets of the Week: Mickelson’s weight loss, Rahm’s eyebrow raising outfit, and Tyrrell Hatton loses it
Dylan Frittelli and Bernd Wiesberger secured big wins last week at the John Deere Classic and Scottish Open, respectively, but here are some of the things you may have missed, and some of the quirkier moments from the world of golf dished out in the Twittersphere over the past seven days. Tyrrell Hatton Fumes The…
Read moreThe 2019 Open Championship tee times; Tiger Woods grouped with Patrick Reed and Matt Wallace
The 2019 Open Championship tee times have been released for Round One, and it’s the 2011 champion Darren Clarke who will strike the opening tee shot of the 148th Open Championship when he tees off this Thursday at 6:35 AM local time. Clarke’s fellow countryman, Rory McIlroy, will begin his attempt to capture the claret…
Read more2019 Open Championship odds
Rory McIlroy enters the 148th Open Championship as the betting favorite at 8/1 as he looks to win the claret jug in his home country. Brooks Koepka, who has finished no worse than T2 in five of his previous six appearances at majors, is the second-favorite in the field at 10/1. Tiger Woods is a…
Read moreWhy central banks need to take human rights more seriously
Mittie B Brack
Most central bankers think that there is a tenuous connection between the operations of central banks and human rights. They think that this is not a problem because, as unelected officials, it would be inappropriate for them to take policy decisions that require political judgements. Their responsibility is to concentrate on the relatively narrow set…
Read moreAn invisible government agency called the ‘National Intelligence Council’ produces crucial national security intelligence, but is anyone listening?
This year marks the 40th anniversary of a little-known U.S. organization that has provided crucial intelligence and analysis to presidents for all those decades: the National Intelligence Council. Right after World War II, President Harry Truman understood that the United States was embarking into a new world order and required, in the words of one…
Read moreHow ‘evidence-based’ anti-trafficking campaigns make facts and mismeasure freedom
This is a response to the above debate. The University of Nottingham recently offered a free and open online course – known as a ‘MOOC’ – entitled Ending Slavery. According to the course conveners, the solutions offered in this course focus on bottom-up, ‘evidence-based’ approaches to resisting exploitation, which holds out the prospect of a…
Read moreForum Thread of the Day: “How do you go about choosing a 3-wood?”
Today’s Forum Thread of the Day comes from kcd38 who opens the discussion regarding WRXers approach to choosing a 3-wood. Our members discuss what they want from a 3-wood and how their driver often plays a pivotal role in deciding what they need and want from their 3-metal. Here are a few posts from the…
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