Be Vigilant Against Sin: Learning from Freeze’s Fall
Hugh Freeze (via Wikimedia Commons) Within a few minutes of each other, a friend got my attention and my dad called me. Both wanted to pass along a piece of breaking news that they thought I would want...
View Article“C’mon, Ref!”: The Culture of Disrespect in Sports
Photo: Greg Gibson/YouTube If you follow sports, you have probably seen the video of two high school football players intentionally tackling a referee in the closing minutes of their game last week....
View ArticleFootball and Family Dynamics
When I was a kid, I wanted to play professional football. I was an avid Chicago Bears fan, and I remember asking my parents to tape Super Bowl XX on our VCR. I wanted to see what the vaunted Bears...
View ArticleMachismo vs. Manhood
BREAKING: Ravens release RB Ray Rice. His contract has been terminated. pic.twitter.com/OFJA1SK8kP — SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) September 8, 2014 Football is the ultimate expression of machismo in...
View ArticleHolding Penn State Responsible
Back in November, I posted this article about the lost ideas of personal and corporate responsibility at Penn State University. This morning, the NCAA held a press conference announcing the sanctions...
View ArticlePenn State and the Lost Idea of Personal Responsibility
Yesterday, I gave a lecture on Personal and Corporate Responsibility for the Richard Land Center for Cultural Engagement (I’ll link to the audio when it becomes available). The thrust of my lecture...
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