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Stories and content by Alec Brandon

Gender and wages

By Alec Brandon / October 30, 2006
I have a big midterm tomorrow that (I feel) I am woefully under prepared for so blogging will be limi

T.O.330

By Alec Brandon / October 27, 2006
Is Terrell Owens capable of not stabbing his quarterbacks in the back?First, he called Je

Campaign ad of the day

By Alec Brandon / October 26, 2006

This ad features gems like, "Harold Ford Jr. took millions from pornographers," and "I met Harold Ford Jr. at the Playboy mansion." Absurd, although it looks very well produced and I've gotta admit, the...

Name game1

By Alec Brandon / October 26, 2006
I think I've blogged about this in the past, but I want to set the record straight on something I ver

Sunstein on Obama

By Alec Brandon / September 26, 2006
There has been a parade of columns and articles in the last couple of days on whether Barak Obama sho

Congrats

By Alec Brandon / September 26, 2006
I still don't understand what he actually does, but I hope to be able to apply myself as successfully

Email2

By Alec Brandon / September 26, 2006
All summer I was averaging about 1-3 non-spam emails a day. Today classes started and my non-spam ema

Eric Clapton

By Alec Brandon / September 21, 2006
Last night I saw Eric Clapton perform at the United Center. Here are a couple initial thoughts:

Random thought

By Alec Brandon / September 20, 2006
I find that it is infinitely easier to convey my thoughts after reading. Particularly after reading

Chicago234

By Alec Brandon / September 15, 2006
Spent most of today packing up and doing last minute chores. Tomorrow I'm headed back to Chicago. Blo

Slamming progressives on minimum wage

By Alec Brandon / September 14, 2006
This summer has been a hot one, especially for progressives: Bush’s approval ratings are mired in the mid-30s, pariah Joe Lieberman has been ousted as the Democratic nominee for the Senate, and Democrats look well positioned to retake the House and Senate. But progressives aren’t waiting until after the 2006 election to get many of...

Soriano anyone?

By Alec Brandon / September 14, 2006
Everyone on ESPN is talking about the NL MVP race being between Ryan Howard and Albert Pujols but how

9/111

By Alec Brandon / September 13, 2006
I didn't write an obligatory 9/11 post yesterday (I spent my blogging time yesterday packing up for m

Traveling3

By Alec Brandon / August 29, 2006
I'll be mostly out of commission until Friday as I am visiting family in California.

Suspicions confirmed

By Alec Brandon / August 23, 2006

The Tribune confirms my suspicion that the U of C went from #1 to not in the top 20, and then back to #1 on Princeton Review's ranking of schools providing the, "best overall undergraduate academic experience."Yeah,...

Arrested Development DVD extras

By Alec Brandon / August 22, 2006

Season three of Arrested Development comes out on DVD in a week. I've already pre-ordered it, but I'm not writing this to tell you what to buy and not buy (although I kinda am, go buy it, it is brilliant!)....

More accolades for the U of C

By Alec Brandon / August 22, 2006

As an anonymous commenter said, there is more good UChicago news, Princeton Review ranked us as the school providing the "best overall academic experience." Now this is what Chicago truly gives you (none...

Weeds

By Alec Brandon / August 14, 2006
Tonight is the season premier of Showtime's great comedy

The 49ers actually play well

By Alec Brandon / August 14, 2006

Good news for my San Francisco 49ers, with the help of new offensive coordinator Norv Turner, Alex Smith was dominant yesterday. On Sportscenter Michael Irvin remarked that Smith's performance against...

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