Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens (sub-head: “The Vault Opens”) smashed all box office records this past weekend. Hopefully, that news might open the eyes of… Read more “STAR WARS & IAAF”
Category: Opinion
THE HOLIDAY DRIVE
It’s the most wonderful time of the year. But somebody’s gotta do the driving. Which is where we begin to lose men of good cheer. Once again… Read more “THE HOLIDAY DRIVE”
WHAT WOULD IT TAKE?
The self-inflicted wounds suffered by the sport of athletics in 2015 fit neatly into a world at-large now forced to come to terms with an apocalyptic nihilism that doesn’t share the basic assumptions of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
STILL E PLURIBUS, BUT ARE WE LOSING THE UNUM?
As so often is the case, the very simple sport of running is an excellent prism through which to view life’s more complex problems. For life in… Read more “STILL E PLURIBUS, BUT ARE WE LOSING THE UNUM?”
IN SEARCH OF A UNIFIED LENGTH THEORY
While science has been at odds with both church and state throughout the centuries, and even today finds wide swaths of deniers at all compass headings, it… Read more “IN SEARCH OF A UNIFIED LENGTH THEORY”
THAT’S JUST THE WAY IT IS
Last year at this time I was in Durban, South Africa to give a keynote address at a Global Athletics Conference (GAC 2014). Ato Boldon was the… Read more “THAT’S JUST THE WAY IT IS”
THE DRUG DILEMMA
So five more Russian athletes gets popped for drugs, and so it goes. And our hands wring, and our spirits sink, and yet nothing seems to change,… Read more “THE DRUG DILEMMA”
THE NEW AGE OF GUILT
Are we surprised Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders, and Dr. Ben Carson are leading in the U.S. presidential polls? Are we shocked Pope Francis seems bent on radically… Read more “THE NEW AGE OF GUILT”
DEFLATED IN COURT?
Though the Symmonds Matter has managed to leak into the public sphere, let there be no doubt as to which sport’s legal case the population is riveted. … Read more “DEFLATED IN COURT?”
THE TRUMP CONUNDRUM
The whole Donald Trump political phenomenon, culminating (so far) in last Thursday night’s Fox News GOP presidential debate, has the American political class in a tizzy and… Read more “THE TRUMP CONUNDRUM”
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