This was the plot of Hoosiers, right?

Indiana Hazing Scandal Proves High School Kids Are Still Obnoxious - high school basketball - Deadspin: "Carmel High School's basketball Senior Day was ruined—ruined!—by shameless tabloid reporters snooping around in the stands for salacious gossip. Oh, and the fact that three of the four seniors were kicked off the team for alleged forceable sodomy."

FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right: The Difference Six Years Make

FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right: The Difference Six Years Make: "Those qualifiers aside, in 10 of the top 12 Senate race states, Democrats are in a better registration situation today than they were going into the 2004 elections. The two exceptions—Arkansas and Kentucky--are not particularly surprising, given that they include many of those 22 percent of the counties nationally where Obama underperformed relative to John Kerry in 2004."

All We Have Is a Blind Governor

California's Debt: Now Riskier Than Kazakhstan's - And A Bigger Worry Than Greece?: "Just how dangerous is California's budget crisis?

Extremely dangerous, according to two recent evaluations of California's debt by financial industry insiders.

California's debt is seen by investors as riskier than Kazakhstan's, according to Bloomberg News."

The Sandpit

The Sandpit from Sam O'Hare on Vimeo.

Via The Awl

Beautiful and haunting and something that I am very glad that I took the time to watch.

Song for a Sunday

Liz Phair

What Makes You Happy