Jamie Moyer has signed a minor league contract with the Colorado Rockies.  The deal includes an invitation to Spring Training.  I’m assuming that the invitation includes an opportunity to try out for the team, and not just a meet-and-greet with Tulo and a tour of downtown Scottsdale. I tracked down some people for their thoughts.  [...]

Hey dedicated Soapboxer readers! Miss me? I know you’re checking the website to see what I have to say about all of the developments in the ever-changing GOP race. Right? I know it’s not nice to brag, but I totally called it. I should have bought a Powerball ticket on caucus day. I wrote an article [...]

As millions of students have already realized, Wikipedia is down today (January 18, 2012).  Did Wikipedia forget to pay their electric bill? Nope, nothing like that.  Wikipedia and other big (and small) sites are participating in a blackout to protest SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act).  When the calendar flips to Thursday, Wikipedia will once again [...]

Taking a sports angle on a bigger topic this week. What can confidence, or belief in someone really achieve? This year in the NFL we have seen two of the largest examples of this in recent memory. First, (and apologies here as many have already beaten this to horse glue) but look at Tim Tebow of [...]

Things I have stopped doing I want to start this with a disclaimer that I am not suggesting that there is anything wrong with the activities I am avoiding or the products and services that I am no longer using.  The first area of life that I am resetting is the use of my spare [...]

A lot of people are yammering about the BCS SEC National Conference Championship game, while others are talking about this weekend’s Tebowl.  Naturally, I’m focused on baseball. The voting for the 2012 Baseball Hall of Fame has been announced.  Here are my thoughts on the voting: Hall of Famers Barry Larkin was elected in his third year of eligibility, [...]

The Worst Form of National Economics, Except All the Others That Have Been Tried Like Winston Churchill Said … Let me get this out of the way, I’m not against capitalism. Winston Churchill once said of Democracy that it’s the worst form of government, except all the others that have been tried. Capitalism is the [...]