We have this little Point/Counterpoint going today in posts from Josh Booth and Otherwise, and in a lot of respects they are reproducing a debate that has raged for a very long time. The problem with this argument, writ large, is that it fundamentally sidesteps a critical question – perhaps the question. We argue about whether religion X advocates Y or
Read morePick a football site, any football site. Right now the raging topic of discussion is the abominably racist behavior of some Chelsea fans on a Paris subway platform in advance of the club’s Champions League Round of 16 match vs. Paris St. Germaine yesterday. What the heck, try The Guardian. Many of you know that I’m a Chelsea supporter. And if you
Read moreThere’s this thing I have begun encountering in a certain sort of restaurant. It’s not a good thing. I first ran across this policy at a place I used to eat in Bend, OR, and it happened again tonight at Scratch Burrito here in Denver. I went in, ordered a burrito bowl and an iced tea. Paid, found a table,
Read moreWe’ve written about this song before. Time to add one to the list. Happy Saturday.
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New research suggests that social media is a bubble – how long before it bursts? These are heady days for social media interests. Facebook and Twitter run rampant, Pinterest, LinkedIn, YouTube, Vine and Instagram are booming, Ello is all kinds of interesting, and somehow or another Google+ and StumbleUpon are still hanging in there. While there isn’t literally a new social net rolling
Read moreAbout a year and a half ago the S&R literary journal published a couple of very good poems from Brooklyn-based poet Colin Dodds. Now Colin has published a new book, and we wanted to encourage our readers to give it a look. It’s called Wisdom’s Real Opposite and it’s available in several formats at Smashwords. Happy reading, and congrats to Colin.
Read moreLet’s play two. I have one core rule: respect the game. Not only did Ernie Banks respect the game, in every moment of his illustrious career, in every second of his life, he played with more verve and sheer joy than perhaps any player in history. Already this morning I see people on my sports lists debating whether Ernie was
Read moreI’ve spent the past couple of days listening to pundits, casual fans and Patriot-backers emphasize, in the strongest terms possible, that it didn’t change the outcome. Some go a tad further, suggesting that it doesn’t matter if Belichick tried to cheat, so long as the outcome wasn’t unaffected. This line of “reasoning” is at once mind-boggling and completely predictable here in post-sportsmanship
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I love this game, but have never written about it. So here goes. They’ve decided to erect a Mt. Rushmore for pro football coaches. What four legendary figures are on it? The way I see it, three men are automatics. George “Papa Bear” Halas more or less invented the NFL, coached nearly 50 years and won six titles. Vince Lombardi:
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Nixon was so crooked that he needed servants to help him screw his pants on every morning. – Hunter S. Thompson Every time the New England Patriots win, I kind of assume they’re cheating. Even if they aren’t. Part of me wonders what they’re up to and how they’re getting away with it. My Patriot friends call me a hater,
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Last week I penned a combination New Years resolution/rest-of-my-life resolution reflecting on what I let become of myself during the last decade of my life, and in it I promised that no longer would I be what E once termed, in his fantastic song, “a most unpleasant man.” That post, though, only addressed part of the story. Throughout my life I have
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