What we read while sexually harassing Herman Cain back…
- Two economists, including NPI-favorite Tyler Cowen, explain the NBA lockout.
- In better basketball news, Chuck Klosterman came up with a somewhat controversial list of the 50 greatest college basketball players ever.
- Friend of the blog Ben Cohen profiles previous subject of the blog (and we wish one day friend of the blog) Jon Scheyer.
- Bill Simmons and Entertainment Weekly each look back at the career arc of Eddie Murphy, who might possibly return to SNL after all these years (or maybe not).
- In other comedy news, Hannibal Buress is getting written about in the Times (as part of it’s new regular comedy column)!
- It’s about time someone explored why humans’ biggest potential foe is the octopus.
- A look back at the reign and downfall of Muammar Qaddafi.
- Mike Bloomberg’s disdain for and condescension to OWS is getting old and ridiculous.
- Another reason to dislike the Redskins.
- ESPN’s go-to SEC profiler Wright Thompson looks at one of the weekend’s big winners: Les Miles.
- Et tu, Jon Huntsman?
- Daniel Kahneman has a new book out, and William Easterly is excited about it.
- A truly disturbing story about how the Internet helped cause–and then solve–a murder.
- Finally, an awesome look at how the way we’ve followed baseball hasn’t changed as much as you’d think in the last century.