How kind of Danny Bubp to try to explain Jean Schmidt's words by the fact that she had only one minute and they came out wrong. However, since Schmidt was reading from a prepared text -- and one she had to know would be provocative -- any apologies now ring hollow. She knew exactly what she was saying and her refusal to take the heat now is beyond cowardly. It's a dereliction of duty.

I personally would take "fay" as a compliment. And I am also pretty suspicious of someone who critizes a man for contributing to Broadsheet. Way to ghettoize "women's" issues, jeffrey.

Considering our country long ago decided to support highways and cars and let trains and light rail basically fend for themselves (something Asian and European countries have never done), the car companies crying poor now is doubly infuriating. I weep for all the laid-off workers and what this does to our economy, but our priorities are crazy.

So will next year introduce the TWO most coin-flippingest kids in the contest? I do believe we need some gender parity from the Kaufman family. My prediction: King girl beats King boy.

You are one class act Rebecca Traister to deal with the criticism you received on this story in this way. We could all learn from this.

Ah, the joys of Google. I now know more about this than I ever wanted. Where are the Vikings when we need them...

Of Duke you said "They're good, and they can beat anybody..." Well not, apparently, Georgetown. Still the only ones to beat Duke this year, with some mighty fine team playing. Considering they haven't lost since (and three of their four losses were away games to teams in the top ten) I do believe we can say the Hoyas are back.

I love the bias calculator. I teach at a Big East school and have had three starters as students, so I think my calculator clocks in at about +8 for my bracket. I even have Georgetown beating my hometown team the Gators, which probably makes me certifiable (at least in Gainesville). Suffice to say, I'm with King on school loyalty!

Ok, ok -- probably not so much for those who didn't grow up in Gainesville like I did. But still, a basketball clinic. And I take some pleasure too in that the only team to play them close was Georgetown. If only the sophomores would stay together for one more season. A girl can dream...

Great piece Andrew. Looks like the "invisible hand" has been slapped, but good.

Despite the Chinese swearing, there was a noticeable (and unexplained) lack of Asian characters in Firefly.

I think that's why so many Americans have a problem with soccer. Action in sports here is defined by scoring (or at least more potential for scoring than soccer offers) while the World Cup is about delayed gratification. Appreciating the athelticism, the defense, the passing. The Germany match was a perfect example -- that game was so exciting with the Germans constantly pressing and coming so close, and the Poles pushing them back and back. The final goal was an absolute thing of beauty (by two substitutions, no less) that made all the waiting worth while. It's like an hour and a half of foreplay with an incredible pay off at the end. Sometimes it only ends in frustration (a nil-all tie, e.g.), but that only makes the good games all the sweeter.

As my Jesuit colleague once told me, when he was in Catholic school they used to answer the question of how many sacraments there were with "seven for boys, six for girls," since holy orders were out. How long the church can refuse to allow women's ordination will be interesting to see, especially since we are running out of priests as it is. I find these women incredibly brave.

It is true that marriage and ordination are mutually exclusive -- good point! -- but the response about how women can participate in holy orders is a red herring. Traditionally in the church (which, of course, is all about tradition) only men could participate. From the Catholic Encyclopedia: "Every baptized male can validly receive ordination. Though in former times there were several semi-clerical ranks of women in the Church (see DEACONESSES), they were not admitted to orders properly so called and had no spiritual power." Of course, in the modern era much has changed and the church has broadened holy orders to include, somewhat, women. But this was certainly not the case historically and does not extend to sacramental power. The main point should be that just as much else has evolved and changed in the church (for instance, mandatory clerical celibacy only dates to the 12th century, as does marriage as a sacrament; and the Mass is now in the vernacular; etc, etc.,) this too can change.

On the (possible) downside, with all this easier access to research sources by academics at "non-elite" schools, the expectation of publishing, and publishing more and more, will rise. See, now everyone can do it -- even you lowly professor at Middle Tennessee! Getting tenure based more (or, god forbid, solely) on teaching will disappear as administrations push their faculty to lift their national profile with lines on their CVs. A basic core of the college/university -- its undergraduates -- will be shafted in the process, I fear.