Those who see the Occupy movement as a movement of the Left need to tell me how calling people you disagree with "racists" is going to get us the super majority it takes to make any fundamental changes in this country, under this broken political system.
Lawrence Lessig | Posted 12.25.2011
We can't afford to simply indulge the passion of our differences. Not anymore. The challenges we face as a nation are just too great. It is time for us to practice a politics that doesn't fit the business model of Fox v. MSNBC.
Dave Zirin | Posted 05.25.2011
If a car's brakes failed, you wouldn't blame the driver. You'd blame the manufacturer. And when we feel bludgeoned by the state of professional sports, it's the owners who need to answer for this sorry state of affairs.
Dave Zirin | Posted 05.25.2011
Now that the king -- Al 'The Answer' -- has been deposed by age and circumstance, our sports world is, quite frankly, blander for it.
Dave Zirin | Posted 05.25.2011
So much discussion of sports, both its past and present, is about sanding off, beautifying, or simply obliterating anything that might be seen as political.
Lawrence Lessig | Posted 12.26.2011