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I think the NCAA could do some things that would immediately settle and simplify things. The one thing Justin Jackson was asking for the...

Who is up to the task of creating a better system within this new reality and regulating it? We know it’s not the NCAA.

A factor that I think isn't getting enough attention: college basketball is experiencing an exodus of talent quite unlike what we've...

The issue isn't whether or not Garcia was a good man (he isn't), the issue is whether Republicans need to obey the law or not.

I teach Humanities courses, but probably spend more of my time these days writing songs on my Gibson Hummingbird.

I appreciate and invite both discussions but the FAFO thread is lost and highjacked (unintentionally). I’d hope to get back on topic or...

IMO trying to manage where conversations go amongst diverse groups of people is like herding cats...probably just easier to take the...

About 20 years ago I participated in a study of a chicken processing plant in North Carolina that employed almost solely...

I think that's probably true, but I don't remember ever hearing that it was any kind of requirement for group membership.

These days, my classes are very racially, religiously, and ideologically diverse. (And since I teach at a community college, they're...

Agree. And I'm sure you meant "underestimate" or "mis-estimate" and not "misunderestimate" ... but we get your drift. Yes indeed. The...

“They misunderestimated me.” ― George W. Bush

Didn't Jesus himself speak in parables that taught moral lessons but were not supposed to be taken as necessarily real or true?

My understanding is that many (most ? ) Jews believe in an after life ( olam ha-ba ) but that good deeds in the here and now are what is...

I think people misunderestimate how racist some latinos are against other latinos.