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Why Can’t We Just Play Ball?
The Militarization of Sports and the Redefinition of Patriotism
• August 19, 2018
• 2,200 Words • 1 Comment • Reply
As long as I can remember, I’ve been a sports fan. As long as I can remember, I’ve been interested in the military. Until recently, I experienced those as two separate and distinct worlds. While I was in the military -- I served for 20 years as an officer in the U.S. Air Force --... Read More
William Astore: Make Sports, Not War
• August 19, 2018
• 400 Words • Leave a Comment
I can remember lying on my bed with a crumpled up piece of paper in my hand and throwing it at the wall while, in my mind, the announcer’s voice carried on: “It’s a long drive to right field... Furillo is going back, back, back... He leaps! He’s got it!” And I would, of course,... Read More
“the World Turns Around a Spinning Ball”
Choreographed War and Other Aspects of the World’s Greatest Game
• June 8, 2014
• 2,100 Words • 1 Comment • Reply
The Stadium Have you ever entered an empty stadium? Try it. Stand in the middle of the field and listen. There is nothing less empty than an empty stadium. There is nothing less mute than stands bereft of spectators. At Wembley, shouts from the 1966 World Cup, which England won, still resound, and if you... Read More
Jeremiah Goulka: Republicans and the Redskins
• January 14, 2014
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Allow me to introduce you to Dan Snyder. He owns the Washington Redskins football team. Before Snyder bought the team in 1999, the Redskins were one of the most hallowed franchises in the National Football League, with a history as rich as any. Coach Joe Gibbs stalking the sidelines, quarterback Joe Theismann under center, wide... Read More
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Win Today, Lose Tomorrow
Why Republicans Protect the "Honor" of Offensive Team Names
• January 14, 2014
• 2,500 Words • 4 Comments • Reply
Every once in a while a small controversy comes along that helps explain a big problem. This National Football League season has provided such a controversy. The name of Washington D.C.'s football team, the Redskins, is under fire. "Redskins" is an offensive term and therefore inappropriate for the team representing our nation’s capital. That's kind... Read More
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Bragging Rights
Eight Exceptional(ly Dumb) American Achievements of the Twenty-First Century
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Letter to an Unknown Whistleblower
How the Security State’s Mania for Secrecy Will Create You
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And Then There Was One
Delusional Thinking in the Age of the Single Superpower
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