http://leadandgold.blogspot.com Mostly Politics and Business 2006-11-13T12:31:11Z en-US http://leadandgold.blogspot.com/archives/2006_11_01_leadandgold_archive.html#116342107110336035 Top 10 Reasons you can’t blame Kordell Stewart for the loss in the 2001 AFC Championship Game Many Steelers fans hate Kordell Stewart. I find that odd since he had a winning record and got us to a couple of AFC Championship games. Hating Neil O’Donnell I craig 2006-11-13T12:28:00Z http://leadandgold.blogspot.com/archives/2006_11_01_leadandgold_archive.html#116325340304964268 Reaping what you sow Dean Barnett First, a little anecdote. Along with a host of other bloggers, I was on a conference call with Representative Jack Kingston of Georgia on Wednesday. I usually don’t write anything about these conference calls because the craig 2006-11-11T13:51:00Z http://leadandgold.blogspot.com/archives/2006_11_01_leadandgold_archive.html#116317270253002874 The heart of the matter Michelle Malkin has an interview with a genuine American hero: one of the men who flew with Jimmy Doolittle on his raid on Tokyo in 1942. His thoughts on our current situation: "We're at war. We ought to get on a war footing and g craig 2006-11-10T15:12:00Z http://leadandgold.blogspot.com/archives/2006_11_01_leadandgold_archive.html#116317034313436860 Bush as Party Leader: a solid C With the mid-terms out of the way, we can see how GWB stacks up as a party leader compared to other post-war presidents. Despite the doom and gloom from Tuesday, it turns out that he has been exceedingly average. Take his craig 2006-11-10T14:29:00Z http://leadandgold.blogspot.com/archives/2006_11_01_leadandgold_archive.html#116309084843798064 On the election Now it is Republicans turn to learn this lesson. I think that Mark Tapscott gets the big lesson right in this post: the essential framing of the GOP congressional campaign would be left to Rove. Rove's strategy was built on the tried-an craig 2006-11-09T16:28:00Z http://leadandgold.blogspot.com/archives/2006_11_01_leadandgold_archive.html#116283023666795906 Good column on the Steelers's woes Perfect description for 2-6 Steelers ... Sorry By the same token, though, the Steelers have earned every bit of 2-6 this season. They keep making the same mistakes week after week, the ones Cowher promises to correct craig 2006-11-06T15:28:00Z http://leadandgold.blogspot.com/archives/2006_11_01_leadandgold_archive.html#116274651093564501 Hmmm. Could this be the problem? The most recent Steelers Digest ran an interview with Safety Ryan Clark. This QA is worrisome. Q: What are some of the differences between the Steelers and the Redskins? A: I would definitely say the practice schedule. craig 2006-11-05T17:05:00Z http://leadandgold.blogspot.com/archives/2006_11_01_leadandgold_archive.html#116256772575783073 NFL: Considering the punt return A couple of weeks ago Tuesday Morning Quarterback had this interesting tidbit: A year ago at the Hall of Fame reception in Canton, Ohio I found myself sitting between Bill Walsh and Don Shula. I posed this question: In craig 2006-11-03T15:24:00Z http://leadandgold.blogspot.com/archives/2006_11_01_leadandgold_archive.html#116249717457864685 Best theory yet for the Steelers's woes Pro Football Outsiders Roethlisberger’s life the last four months is worthy of a bad soap opera. In June, he got in a major motorcycle accident. He recovered amazingly, but just before the start of the regular sea craig 2006-11-02T19:31:00Z http://leadandgold.blogspot.com/archives/2006_11_01_leadandgold_archive.html#116242196413688997 Harman versus Hastings How will this help improve our intelligence organizations? Pelosi's Unintelligent Choice If Democrats win control of the House next week, Nancy Pelosi's first test as speaker will arrive long before the 110th Congress convenes. H craig 2006-11-01T22:54:00Z http://leadandgold.blogspot.com/archives/2006_11_01_leadandgold_archive.html#116242154923855313 Is all publicty good publicty? Of sketches, Hugh Laurie and 'SNL' Amy Poehler is wonderful even in sub-par sketches, and her recent Nancy Grace imitation captured that anchor’s condescending monstrousness perfectly. Commentary: Who needs Halloween? TV craig 2006-11-01T22:48:00Z http://leadandgold.blogspot.com/archives/2006_11_01_leadandgold_archive.html#116241187361567216 On the popularity of Freakonomics David Warsh has interesting things to say: CSI: Economics craig 2006-11-01T20:08:00Z http://leadandgold.blogspot.com/archives/2006_10_01_leadandgold_archive.html#116231138695811234 Duke lacrosse: The hits just keep coming It is a measure of how things have changed in the last six months that the News and Observer's Ruth Sheehan is now out of patience with DA Mike Nifong: To most of us, the Duke lacrosse case is such a disaster that craig 2006-10-31T16:09:00Z http://leadandgold.blogspot.com/archives/2006_10_01_leadandgold_archive.html#116226949914382057 Highly recommended Forget the Black Dahlia. Wonderland is the LA true crime movie to see. Sex, Guns, Money and Murder. Welcome to L.A. craig 2006-10-31T04:33:00Z