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Paying Bud Selig To Go Away

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Bud Selig will retire as baseball commissioner later this month, but not before doing the game irreparable harm. [Credit: CBS Sports]

Bud Selig will retire as base­ball com­mis­sion­er lat­er this month, but not before doing the game irrepara­ble harm. [Cred­it: CBS Sports]

Bud Selig is sched­uled to step down as base­ball com­mis­sion­er lat­er this month, but the efflu­ence of his 23 years of mis­rule con­tin­ues to pol­lute.  On Tues­day, his sludge will flow into Coop­er­stown, when the results of this year’s Hall of Fame bal­lot­ing are announced. Con­tin­ue read­ing →

A‑Rod Is Right: Put Selig Under Oath

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Alex Rodriguez wants Bud Selig to answer questions about his role in baseball's long-running steroid scandal. [Credit: philly.com]

Alex Rodriguez wants Bud Selig to answer ques­tions about his role in base­bal­l’s long-run­ning steroid scan­dal. [Cred­it: philly.com]

Alex Rodriguez has a point.

The Yan­kee third base­man, who is appeal­ing his 211-game sus­pen­sion for sus­pect­ed use of per­for­mance-enhanc­ing sub­stances, stormed out of an arbi­tra­tion hear­ing last week and onto a New York sports radio pro­gram, where he deliv­ered a ram­bling, self-serv­ing and emo­tion­al screed against the pro­ceed­ings and the man who ordered his sus­pen­sion, Major League Base­ball Com­mis­sion­er Allan Huber (Bud) Selig. A‑Rod is angry that Selig did not appear at the pro­ceed­ings and go under oath.

A‑Rod is right about one thing: Bud Selig has a lot of explain­ing to do. Con­tin­ue read­ing →

Italian Lesson: What the President and Speaker Can Learn about Power from Giulio Andreotti

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Giulio Andreotti (credit: Corriere della Sera)

Giulio Andreot­ti (cred­it: Cor­riere del­la Sera)

“Pow­er only bur­dens those who don’t pos­sess it.”

– Giulio Andreot­ti, for­mer Ital­ian Prime Minister

What would Giulio Andreot­ti make of John Boehn­er and Barack Oba­ma? Con­tin­ue read­ing →