Commentaries Index:

2007

July 15, 2007
Quality Starts Stop Here -- Exposing the poor quality of a dubious statistic

2006

June 24, 2006
No Goal -- Soccer is the world's game...and they can keep it

2005

August 15, 2005
Not the Hall of Numbers - Why Rafael Palmiero doesn't make the cut

March 27, 2005
Of Seams And Syringes - Notes on baseball's steriod scandal

2004

Yet another Baseball Preview, this time for '04

2003

September 8, 2003
A Nation of Gingers
- A fictional character shows how not to be

July 21, 2003
The Swing Of Things
- An examination of interleague play and the DH

May 12, 2003
Paved With No Intentions
- Damned: do, don't and why

A preview of this year's Baseball Season

March 17, 2003
Blurred Revision
- The past that never happened isn't quite what you think it would have been

February 24, 2003
A Special Report
from the War Protest In San Francisco

February 17, 2003
Tangled Webs We Weave
- To squash or not to squash?

2002

December 9, 2002
Fighting Ragnarök
- Standing up to the undefeatable enemy.

November 25, 2002
The Base Alloy Of Hypocrisy - The lurking menace behind computerized voting

September 16, 2002
Backflow From The Sewer Screen
- or, The Devil and Adam Sandler

August 26, 2002
Throwing The Book At Us
- An attack on democratic values--right here in the states.

May 13, 2002
The Tyranny Of Nice
- Empty gestures just aren't enough

April 29, 2002
The Selfish Heart's Crude Awakening
- A more pragmatic approach to environmentalism

April 15, 2002
The Unreal World
- "Reality" vs. truth on television

April 1, 2002
TV To You: "Kiss Our Ads"
- The pitfalls of overpromotion

March 18, 2002
No commentary this week--too busy publishing Baseball Universe 2002

March 4, 2002
Beware The Hoops Of March
- A whole lotta hoop-la

February 18, 2002
Of Tunes And Clones - A lesson for the future from the past

February 4, 2002
Too Much Information - The trouble with a celebrity-obsessed culture

January 21, 2002
The Ol' College Try On Trial - Questioning the worth of college sports

January 7, 2002
Hopefully Happily Ever After - The meanings to our ends

2001

Special Report
The research article Bones Of Contention

December 10, 2001
What Rings Sadly True - The all-too-real fantasy monsters

November 26, 2001
When The Magic Door Is Closed - Losing the realms of wonder

November 12, 2001
The More They Stay The Same - The culture of monotony

October 29, 2001
The Impact Of A Pronoun - Pondering that special something

October 15, 2001
Of Spandex And Secret Shame - A trip to the dark side...of the sidelines

September 3, 2001
When Will We Learn? - A prescription for our ailing high schools

August 20, 2001
A Brand New Delay - What are we waiting for?

August 6, 2001
Streets Paved With Zinc - Your road to riches, right beneath your feet

July 23, 2001
A M(P3)odest Proposal - An idea about the future of Internet music

July 9, 2001
Seeing The Light In The Dark - The possible upside of rolling blackouts

June 25, 2001
Samsara In The Sporting Life - The physical vs. the metaphysical

June 11, 2001
Pretty As A TV Picture - Less than perfect-looking TV stars

May 28, 2001
No Thanks For These Memories - Were the sacrifices made in vain?

May 14, 2001
Fouling Out - Athletes' crimes against women