Though clothed in the button-nosed cuteness of Mickey Mouse in the 1940 Walt Disney film Fantasia, the story of the Sorcerer’s Apprentice was a cautionary tale penned in 1797… Read more “OUR PRESIDENTIAL APPRENTICE”
Category: Opinion
MEB NOW ATOP ALL-TIME U.S. DISTANCE RUNNING LIST
After his impressive win at Saturday’s U.S. Olympic Team Trials Marathon in Los Angeles (in his debut at the distance) who knows how far Oregon’s Galen… Read more “MEB NOW ATOP ALL-TIME U.S. DISTANCE RUNNING LIST”
COE AND CLINTON IN A SIMILAR BOX
There is an interesting parallel between the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign and the ongoing drug and corruption scandal darkening the halls of the IAAF. Though Republican candidate… Read more “COE AND CLINTON IN A SIMILAR BOX”
THE EQUALITY OF MAN
When we speak of the equality of man where does it reside? In our native dignity? In our compassion, or maybe our intellectual curiosity? How about in… Read more “THE EQUALITY OF MAN”
COE ATTEMPTS TO WALK IAAF OFF THE LEDGE
And so it begins, the inevitable PR moon walk by the new IAAF president as he tries to draw back from the cliff of doom that revelations… Read more “COE ATTEMPTS TO WALK IAAF OFF THE LEDGE”
STAR WARS & IAAF
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”
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”
