FlickrIt was exciting to glance at Bob Dutton's recap of the Royals' come-from-behind win Tuesday night and see the name "Zeus." Finally, a Royal with a cool nickname!But then, upon closer reading, it became evident that "Zeus" had not been assigned to a player who, say, has white flecks in his beard. It's simply a truncated form of DeJesus, as in David.The Royals are an improved ballclub, and it's high time the players and coaches put more thought into the names they use for each other (at leas
There's a parallel between the health care debate and the Royals, and it has nothing to do with boos and hisses.James Surowiecki, who writes about business and finance at The New Yorker, posits that resistance to the Democrats' ideas for reforming health care has a psychological component. The skittishness, Surowiecki explains, is partly a reflection of biases that make people resistance to change."Most of us, for instance, are prey to the so-called 'endowment effect': the mere fact that you
