Recent content by Mulberry Heel

We do seem to look better offensively when he's our QB, no question.

On this one I'll be fair and say that the lesson here is that maybe we shouldn't be electing men in their late 70s to early 80s to the nation's highest office. I'm sure that somebody will point out some leader who was great at that age, but even so it's still a rarity, and we generally just need...

IMO, the end of these regional rivalries is one of the reasons why I think interest in college sports seems to be waning. WVU fans used to get fired up for that Pittsburgh game, and the fact that the two schools were relatively close to one another made for real bragging rights. My guess is that...

Absolutely. I've gradually come to the conclusion over the years that, while racism and sexism and nativism are definitely a big part of Trumpism, the main basic driving force is a powerful and deep-rooted homophobia and especially transphobia. I've talked to MAGA relatives and coworkers and...

Listen to how this idiot came to his decision to vote for Trump a third time: "Wilson Jones voted for Trump — all three times. "I voted for Trump all three times. Yep. I did," he admits. "But I literally was in the voting booth. And I rapped my knuckles and the Trump one hurt more, and that...

Or in this case have the presidential term you voted for. These folks are in it for at least three more years. Good luck trying to avoid ICE and Border Patrol or begging the government to bail you out and save your farm or give you something affordable to replace the ACA subsidies or Medicaid.

While his plummeting polling numbers are certainly welcome news, it is still infuriating to see them and know that none of this should be happening, because if all of those people now saying they don't approve of his presidency had either gotten off their butts and voted or just not voted for...

Between Hassett's "rude and dismissive" remarks and Bessent throwing shade over the Blue Jay's loss it's clear that our administration is treating foreign and trade policy like a clique of shallow high school teenagers - it's Mean Girls in charge of trade and foreign policy. Except that the Mean...

Our record against State since 2000 is extremely frustrating, but not all that surprising, given how much State hates us and pretty much bases their entire football season around whether they beat us or not. And Doeren knows that beating UNC is the key to keeping his job and plans accordingly -...

+1. Trump 2.0 has created a true Putin-style kleptocracy right in the very heart of our federal government, and all of the usual suspects seem to be profiting very handsomely from it while they also grift their rube, ridiculously trusting MAGA base of every dollar they can. Add in that they are...

I wonder how much of that change in perception is due to the economic factors mentioned - constantly rising tuition and dwindling federal loans and other ways to pay the tuition, changing job market - and how much is due to the right wing's massive assault on public and higher ed generally...

True, but I do think that MAGA has massively escalated this assault in recent years. We haven't seen this kind of assault on the professional classes since at least the Second Red Scare/McCarthyism of the late 40s/early 50s. And this MAGA assault is nationwide, while many other similar attacks...

UK and probably Georgetown are going to be tough without Seth, but still winnable. The rest we should win. As I said earlier, I still think we're much better team overall this year than last year, and this one game hasn't changed my opinion. MSU is a potential Final Four/championship team this...

Agreed, but I'd add that a huge motivation for the Trump GOP is deep resentment and pure hatred and jealousy of America's college-educated professional classes, and a powerful desire to make them suffer and lower them to their level of economic frustration and failure. MAGA is basically...

After his first term several polls of historians rated him either dead last or consistently among our 3 worst presidents (along with James Buchanan and Andrew Johnson). I expect after he finally leaves office for good - either through death or term limits - he will have solidified his place as...