The Allen Almanac

here.

Oh yeah?  Well I get a spiral staircase down to my dungeon lair in the basement.  I’d post pictures too but I am too ashamed.  It’s all for the experience, right?

Jim Lippard has an interesting article up about the Leavitt family (including Mike Leavitt, the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services). Seems they’ve managed to get quite a racket going with the Southern Utah Foundation and Southern Utah University.

“The Leavitt family gave $443,500 to the Dixie and Anne Leavitt Foundation, which [...]

Thanks to a little research and QueerlyKos (via Dispatches from the Culture War), I’ve been reminded how little difference there is between Kansas and Arkansas. (We have more than spelling in common.) This happened last July:

(Fayetteville, Arkansas) Police and fire officials in Fayetteville, Arkansas are hunting for the person who torched the community’s [...]

Well, that would explain this, right? According to a new study smart people may be more likely to choke under pressure than the less smart.

“The pressure causes verbal worries, like ‘Oh no, I can’t screw up,’” said Sian Beilock, assistant professor of psychology at Miami University of Ohio. “These thoughts reside in [...]

Thirty years ago, Ozzie Silna, with attorney Donald Schupak, negotiated a deal that cleared the way for the ABA to merge with the NBA. It ranks as one of the best sports deals in modern times, one that has paid the Silnas about $168 million and continues to pay off.

“I would have loved to have [...]