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 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…
Read moreFIFA’s new rules say referees can end a game if the crowds can’t stop being racist
European soccer has a long, troubled history of racism and homophobia. In the 1970s and 80s, trailblazing black players had to hear monkey chants and endure bananas being thrown on the field during games. Just last year, West Ham United reported Islamic abuse of Egyptian national player Mohamed Salah to London police and Inter Milan, an Italian…
Read moreWhy busy-ness is so damaging
There never seems to be enough time to accomplish all the things we must do. Life gets busier and busier. But what does all that busy-ness add to our lives? Mainstream culture tells us that being busy is a virtue, so we want to be busy even if we complain about it. It means we’re…
Read moreMatthew Wolff discusses his unique swing, his ultimate goal and his desire to play next week’s Open Championship on SiriusXM PGA Tour Radio’s “Inside the Ropes”
Matthew Wolff appeared on SiriusXM PGA Tour Radio’s Inside the Ropes with hosts Carl Paulson and Dennis Paulson this week, where the 20-year-old discussed a multitude of topics – including his recent victory at the 3M Open. Speaking on the uniqueness of his golf swing, Wolff explained how “if videos weren’t a thing, I would have thought I took…
Read moreIn Kyrgyzstan, the standoff between the old regime and the new authorities reaches new heights
Click: At the end of June, Kyrgyz MPs removed former president Almazbek Atambayev’s immunity from prosecution by 103 votes out of a possible 109. Parliament’s decision is based on a new law signed by current President Sooronbay Jeenbekov, which provides a mechanism for removing immunity from former heads of state. The General Prosecutor’s Office has…
Read moreAfter receiving hundreds of Nazi death threats, Jewish comedian found a way to turn it into a positive.
Comedian Steve Hofstetter is the Senior Comedy Correspondent for Fox Sports, has over 100 million views on YouTube, and is best known for viral videos where he shuts down hecklers. Hofstetter also happens to be Jewish and one of his epic clap-backs at an anti-Semitic heckler went viral for the way he shut the bigot…
Read moreAustria's smoking gun: Strache, “Ibiza-Gate”, and “Saint” Sebastian
On 17 May 2019, at precisely 6pm, the German weekly Der Spiegel and the German broadsheet Die Süddeutsche Zeitung as well as the Austrian weekly Der Falter published a seven-minute video showing the then leader of the far-right Austrian Freedom Party (FPÖ) and Vice-Chancellor, Hans Christian (HC) Strache, and his chief whip, Johann Gudenus, in…
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