How often did your parents freeze you with, “Don’t take that tone with me!”? In that same vein, mocking the two current major party presidential candidates is so… Read more “MOCKING MATTERS”
Category: Opinion
HOW TO GO METRIC
Ever notice how when you ask new moms how old their babies are they always say 2 1/2 months, or six months, or 13 months, whatever? Until… Read more “HOW TO GO METRIC”
FAD OR LIFESTYLE?
Where lies the line between fad and lifestyle? Who knows if, how, or when one switches from one to the other? So what will history make of this… Read more “FAD OR LIFESTYLE?”
NOW THEY’RE THERE
No matter how you look at the results from today’s Weltklasse Diamond League meet in Zurich — to me it seemed a little down after the highs… Read more “NOW THEY’RE THERE”
BACK TO PACING AS USUAL
Running fast behind pacers is a thoughtless act. You know what’s coming — in fact, it’s been negotiated — and you can either do it or you… Read more “BACK TO PACING AS USUAL”
OLYMPICS: OUR COMMON BOND
The divisions in this world are profound and long standing. And the hope to surmount them, whether through politics or force of arms, is quixotic at best… Read more “OLYMPICS: OUR COMMON BOND”
YOU GOTTA BELIEVE!
Sport, like life, is a series of self-fulfilling prophecies, for what you think you can do sets the stage for the reenactment of the belief in performance.… Read more “YOU GOTTA BELIEVE!”
DO YOU BELIEVE IN MAGIC?
So far in this first week of the 2016 Rio Olympics they’ve raised the red, white and blue of the American flag more than any other. But… Read more “DO YOU BELIEVE IN MAGIC?”
OLYMPICS REFLECTING LARGER FISSURES
“Let’s get to the root cause, and fix it.” This is both the message and plea we are hearing from far and wide, whether in talking about… Read more “OLYMPICS REFLECTING LARGER FISSURES”
RIO, OH MIO!
It’s still early, but the world is beginning to descend into Rio for these much maligned 2016 Olympic Games. Soon the athletes and competition will come to… Read more “RIO, OH MIO!”
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