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James Joyner

Esquire‘s Todd Carmichael has an excellent recipe for iced coffee (“How to Make Iced Coffee Like a Martini“): There’s nothing better in the summer, but so often it comes out all wrong — the ice is melted, the coffee is diluted. Here’s how to make a proper iced coffee — one that actually resembles coffee. [...]

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Parenting is hard work and kids are a giant pain. Is it worth it?

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Most people who work out are doing it wrong, argues former Marine turned fitness guru J.D. Johannes. BIG WEIGHTS, BIG GAINS, BIG FAT LOSS Numerous university studies have found that the optimal amount of weight a person should use is between 65% and 80% of what is called One Repetition Maximum. Other studies have found [...]

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Via Radley Balko, an illustration of why men shouldn’t write advice columns: I dunno, this seems like very good advice to me.

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Sports Drunks

by James Joyner on 20 November 2009

Making close-enough alcoholic cocktails with nothing but sports drinks. And some booze.

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President Obama shouldn’t apologize for spending time hanging out with the guys. It’s a sign of weakness.

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The key to drinking like one of the “Mad Men” is to be a man. And to pace yourself.

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The 1959 Chevy Bel Air, while not quite the iconic classic of its 1955-1957 forebears, is nonetheless a large, muscular vehicle from the Golden Age of the American automobile. The 2009 Chevy Malibu, by contrast, is a wimpy, nondescript midsize sedan that provides basic transportation but not much more. Which would you rather crash in? [...]

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Football 1959

by James Joyner on 16 September 2009

In an otherwise rather lackluster attempt at a “throwback” football column designed to offer a humorous take on the 50th anniversary of the American Football League, Gregg Easterbrook captures beautifully how much our choices have expanded: In vacuum-tube news, have you heard the big story? ABC will televise the new upstart American Football League. With [...]

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Fixing College Football Alabama-Virginia Tech Kickoff Classic

Fixing College Football

by James Joyner on 9 September 2009

Most of the first weekend’s college football games are a joke that make a mockery of sportsmanship and competition.

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Mad Men Jumping the Shark?

by James Joyner on 9 September 2009

Three weeks ago, I wrote “Mad About Mad Men,” explaining why the AMC series was the hottest show on television.  So far though, both my wife and I have thought season three has pretty much sucked. The new English overlords at Sterling-Cooper?   Boring. Don Draper as Ward Cleaver?  Boring. Betty’s dad?  Boring. Roger and the [...]

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