Jason Whitlock scoops me with a Good Times analogy, writing that Pistons v. Lakers is like Good Times v. Happy Days, with Larry Brown being James Evans and Phil Jackson being Howard Cunningham. Good stuff.

It’s cool to complain about public schools and demand alternatives (vouchers, charter schools, etc.) but all that’s just hot air unless I’m doing something to help. Anybody doing any tutoring? If not, we need to be.

One refrain among critics of Bill Cosby’s comments two (three?) weeks ago is the charge of classism. While I think these arguments hold no water in this specific case (particularly since we still don’t have a complete transcript, so there’s no way to properly contextualize the statements. According to Cosby, all the most “inflammatory” stuff [...]