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Slight twist on 'what would be a successful season' -- what do you guys think is most likely? Personally, I feel the probable result is a loss to Ohio State, followed by at least one more regular season loss. It's a long season, and all four remaining games are going to be fights. And the bowl...

http://www.nobellaureatesforclinton.us/economics/ I hope they won't mind my reproducing the letter in full. Of about 34 surviving American Nobel laureates in economics, this list numbers 19. That's an impressive assembly of voices, and it doesn't indicate the preferences of the remaining 15 or...

Wow. Powerful interview on Sam Bee. It's...upsetting to me that someone might not be getting access to the care they need because of a hospital's religious mandate.

Ft. Neil Patrick Harris as a soulful Paul Ryan, lamenting his party's run to Trump. This is part of This American Life #600: Will I know anybody at this party? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jOu1okGGws My favorite part is when he starts to belt out the conservative platform about two minutes...

http://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/17904140/nebraska-coach-mike-riley-darndest-guy-ever-meet

http://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2016/10/26/13413292/social-media-disrupting-politics Or, "why nonsense spreads on social media." Good insights There's good and there's bad here. As a volume problem, on the surface, it seems on balance bad: on average, there is *less* quality filtering...

This article is dripping with venom. http://www.salon.com/2016/10/21/without-debate-we-need-to-talk-about-afghanistan-remember-the-longest-running-war-in-our-nations-history/ Those of you who know anyone still deployed out there, I hope they stay safe.

Good, even-handed summary. I'll just paste the link and the closing paragraphs for brevity. The bulk of the content is within the article, not the conclusion posted below, so please peruse it. I thought it was quite informative...

https://hbr.org/2016/10/how-to-build-an-exit-ramp-for-trump-supporters I think there's some really important writing here. I always like to say build a bridge to those on the other side of the fence in a debate. When positions are so far apart, it's not always easy to do. But it's important to...

Pretty cool. So many worries about them last season. Coaches and players have really stepped it up. Well, well done. I mean, was Aaron Williams in the picture very much last year? I think he played a small role in certain packages. Kalu and Jones had some solid showings but also some struggles...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/the-white-flight-of-derek-black/2016/10/15/ed5f906a-8f3b-11e6-a6a3-d50061aa9fae_story.html Oh, my goodness. What an amazing, fascinating story.

https://newrepublic.com/article/137798/important-wikileaks-revelation-isnt-hillary-clinton I'm glad that people like Elizabeth Warren ("Personnel is policy") are getting a say in this. That said, I'm also glad there are people who might disagree with her. Many voices ought to be considered, and...

knapp's post in the Woodshed suggested maybe Aloha was huskerfan2000. They really don't seem similar in their posting to me, but I looked at the IPs. One of Aloha's IPs is shared with HuskerShark for one of his posts. Also the same IP appears for both users under error_logs; this tends to mean...

http://www.economist.com/news/briefing/21708216-americas-president-writes-us-about-four-crucial-areas-unfinished-business-economic The President pens an essay for The Economist. Good reading

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/10/09/magazine/obama-administration-big-food-policy.html A brief history of the Obama administration's batted-down efforts at confronting the food industry. It's kind of interesting, how things work. Resounding industry victories here. A key quote near...

http://www.vox.com/conversations/2016/10/5/13097066/gerrymandering-redistricting-republican-party-david-daley-karl-rove-barack-obama Wow. That's some good reportorializing.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/08/06/how-russia-dominates-your-twitter-feed-to-promote-lies-and-trump-too.html Interesting, isn't it?

http://nymag.com/thecut/2016/09/what-its-like-to-be-a-female-reporter-covering-donald-trump.html Interesting feature from Claire Landsbaum, on the reporter's side of this whole shindig.

Just dropping a note here in case we ever need to look up discussion history. His response to the warning point given yesterday: Pretty exceptional, gotta say

Thought I'd start the thread on this. A veto override, an overwhelming one, and the first of Obama's presidency (yes, first). And so the bill comes law, allowing the families of those killed in the 9/11 attacks to sue Saudi Arabia. NYT...