Latino assimilate quite well into American society, more so than the anti-immigration conservative right would have you believe. Tyler Cowen and Daniel M. Rothschild have a data-packed column in the Washington Post looking at this issue. Throughout the article, I couldn’t help but pick parts where I felt like they were writing about me. Most […]
If you’re looking for a decidedly American take and analysis of the teams and games for the World Cup, I invite you to listen to The World Cup Roundtable, a nighly podcast. Dave Lifton of the excellent Screaming Eaglies Podcast organized this meeting of the soccer minds and it’s been great fun to do. I
A couple folks have already picked up today’s article in the Post on the growth of soccer in the States and its an excellent look at the health of the game here. The World Cup is certainly a good time to look at how soccer is doing, it’s enough time to pick out overall trends
I’ve updated my world cup rosters map last night to include 17 of the 32 teams in the finals. All the big teams are now mapped including Brazil, Argentina, Italy, France, and Germany among others. Cut me a break, it’s kind of tedious to hunt for stadiums in Buenos Aires and Tunisia. Many thanks to
Everything you need to know about the Portugal-Mexico matchup was predicted years ago by the Simpsons.
An agrarian reform program redistributes 18,600 square miles of land to indigenous communities. Even private land that is not in "productive use" is subject to government seizure as part of the plan to redistribute one-fifth of Bolivia’s total land area. The current situation has the potential to increase civil strife and pit indigenous farmers squarely
I’ve compiled a list of ten phrases tailored for the American soccer fan travelling to Germany this month. Babelfish did the actual translation so I can’t guarantee that the phrases don’t actually mean something completely different. But that’s part of the fun of travelling to a foreign land. Barkeep another beer, pleaseBarkeep ein anderes Bier,
The Washington Post has a great feature on DC’s fiery Alecko Eskandarian who’s learned that "it’s fun to hit defenders". After his two goal game, Jaime Moreno has been named MLS Player of the Week for the second time this season and sixth in his career.
I’m pleased to announce a cool mapping application I hacked together this weekend which lets you see on a map where each National Team’s player’s clubs are located. At the moment, I’ve only included England, Spain, the United States, and Mexico but will be adding more teams as the World Cup approaches. Some things you
The Hollywood cartels may try to get hardware companies to put in DRM controls via HDMI with the promise not to use them for 7-8 years. The effect is that if your screen or recorder isn’t blessed by Hollywood, they can limit the video they send to it to a low-resolution image. Manufacturers who want