the sucker at the table

I'm bradley and it's my job to keep you from becoming the sucker at the table So the saga of the WNBA goes on. Now, if I were a true, dyed-in-the-wool cynic (which of course we all know I'm not) I would have to believe that if there are grown-ups running the league they could have come to a solution to the whole trans issue a while ago, before the protests and the chaos started. They didn't. Which leads me to believe they really don't want to. I truly think they couldn't be h

I'm bradley and it's my job to keep you from being the sucker at the table. Momma bradley did NOT raise any addle-brained children (Of course, you may challenge that assertion if you wish). Long ago, in a galaxy far, far away, my mother would find out I did something completely stupid, like cutting school to play milk carton hockey on the roof of the apartment house garage across the street from our elementary school. When she would confront me with this incredible act of stu

I'm bradley, and it's my job to keep you from being the sucker at the table. There's nothing funny about forest fire season. In many places in the country, it's been a dry summer - and that means, even well managed forests are going to burn. In Oregon, the Spokane fire is making life dangerous for firefighters and uncomfortable for citizens. Why do I bring this up? Because apparently there are some muttonheads running prediction markets that allow betting on wildfires. And

I'm bradley and it's my job to keep you from being the sucker at the table. I am not a political animal. In most cases, I ignore the day to day workings of the tax-fattened hyenas in the swamp. However, I have run out of patience on this whole trans thing, especially when the solution is so simple. Wanna know what to do? End all categories. Period. No more men's and women's track. No more men's and women's swimming. No more division of categories by sex. Wanna play? Just make

I'm bradley, and it's my job to keep you from being the sucker at the table. Well, football is back. And that means one thing - baseball will do a slow fade into the west. As the baseball season begins its turn for home, it's not all bad. There are some interesting pennant races. For instance, the American League is loaded with them, with all three divisions up for grabs. The National League? Not so much. More like fighting for Miss Congeniality after Miss America is a stone