Monthly Archives: December 2007

X-Mas

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to everyone!

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Khaled Hosseini – The Kite Runner

Before posting on Anderson Cooper’s or Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s book I’d like to write about a book I just read. On my flight from Washington DC to Fargo, North Dakota I had the pleasure of reading The Kite Runner by … Continue reading

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The Kite Runner jumps ahead in the queqe

Coming Soon: The Kite Runner.  It just happened to jump ahead in the queue.

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Bill Clinton – Giving

I like to read books from both sides of the political spectrum in order to better understand our country’s political landscape. Even though I expect politics coming in books written by politicians, I was surprised by the type of politics … Continue reading

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Giving

Bill Clinton’s Giving is up next

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The Mitchell Report Part 3 or How to fix the game of shadows according to Mitchell

Here is the final part of my summary of the Mitchell Report. After all of the other information in the report (discussed here) the report concludes with a number of recommendations for improving baseball. Here is the list of the … Continue reading

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The Mitchell Report Part 3 Post should be up around 7 pm EST.

The Mitchell Report Part 3 Post should be up around 7 pm EST. This post will contain the recommendations from the Mitchell Report and my opinions on the report.

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The Mitchell Report – Comment and Analysis 2

I’m finally getting around to finishing this post after some delay (while watching Monday Night Football: Go Vikes!). After reading the majority of the Mitchell Report for myself (I only read around half of the player information at the end … Continue reading

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Upcomming Posts

Look soon for posts on: Bill Clinton – Giving Nassim Nicholas Taleb – Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Market Anderson Cooper – Dispatches from the Edge: A Memoir of War, Disasters, and … Continue reading

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The Mitchell Report: Comment and Analysis

The Michell Report which covers the use of steroids in Major League Baseball was released yesterday. You can download your very own copy here (pdf format). Myself and several of my coworkers here in DC, quickly printed off copies and … Continue reading

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