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After watchingng all the hype leading up to this year's tournament and the breadth of coverage the tournament has received, I think we're seeing a turning point for the sport in the USA. Hopefully MLS and the domestic game can really capitalize on the interest it generates, but from here on out the World Cup will be a big deal.
But the surest sign that soccer has hit the big time in the States? Matt Drudge thinks so.
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Easily one of the best previews for this year' World Cup, worth a read.
Argentina has the world's best player in Lionel Messi, and lots of other talent. They also have a coach, the legendary Diego Maradona, who is bat-shit crazy.
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This is a good piece that uses the BP Oil Spill and the Net Neutrality debate to illustrate what "Regulatory Capture" means. It's a term I've heard before but this served to clarify it quite a bit.
The [so-called] liberals' fury at the President is almost as astounding as their outrage over the discovery that oil companies and their regulators might have grown too cozy. In economic literature, this behavior is known as "regulatory capture," and the current political irony is that this is a long-time conservative critique of the regulatory state....
What the Oil Spill Really Says About Net Neutrality: Regulatory Capture v. the Nirvana Fallacy