I posted on Facebook but never here about the Christian missionary who was killed by a remote tribe on India’s remote North Sentinal Island. John Allen Chau decided to break the law by going and trying to minister to the people there. It is against the law because these people have limited exposure to the […]

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There are people who have an impact on your life: your parents, teachers, friends – people that you know. There are people who you meet who have had an impact, good or bad, but directly, personally. Then, there are people who have impacted you who you have never met, or only met in passing. For […]

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This week, all three defendants in the first college basketball corruption trial were found guilty of conspiracy to commit wire fraud. A jury found James Gatto guilty on all three of his counts and Christian Dawkins and Merl Code were found guilty on both of theirs. Gatto is a former Adidas employee, Code a former […]

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I don’t think there’s any doubt now that Serena Williams is the greatest women’s tennis player of all time. One short of all time Grand Slam women’s singles titles, I don’t think that there’s much doubt anymore that the younger Ms. Williams is the best of all time. Unfortunately, tennis is historically a very classist […]

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The past few years have not been kind to NCAA schools and criminality. We had the Jerry Sandusky child sexual abuse scandal at Penn State, which many, myself included believe that it was the ultimate scandal in college history. Head Coach Joe Paterno was fired, wins surrendered, and members of the administration are in or […]

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To no one’s great surprise, Ohio state University placed football wins above ethics by placing Head Football Coach Urban Meyer on a 3-game suspension as a result of his failure to act on assistant Zach Smith abusing his now ex-wife while he was a graduate assistant at Florida and as an assistant coach at Ohio […]

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I have avoided political issues, in part because there are so many under the current administration. The only issue I have written on is the sports angle – kneeling for the national anthem. I am solidly behind the players in demonstrating their concern over the way people of color are treated by police. I firmly […]

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