Popular Culture: We are What We Consume
In a recent blog post, I railed against popular culture as being an unhealthy force in our lives . In response, Dr. Lawrence Rubin, a fellow blogger who studies popular culture, commented that “If we simply consider popular culture as banality, it certainly seems meaningless…even potentially destructive. However, if instead we recognize that it is […]
Read MoreSports: What Makes the Great Ones Great?
So what do Tom Brady, LeBron James, Serena Williams, Tiger Woods, Usain Bolt, Annika Sorenstam, Michael Phelps, Lance Armstrong, and Lisa Leslie have that you don?t? This question has been on the minds of many people of late with the recent publication of Malclom Gladwell?s Outliers and Daniel Coyle?s The Talent Code. If you have […]
Read MorePolitics: Is Civility Dead?
Is civility dead? It sure seems so. In recent years, the quality of discourse in America has declined dramatically. Rarely in discussions of any import these days, whether politics, religion, the economy, education, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the list goes on, is there a respectful exchange of ideas. Instead, such interactions are either […]
Read MorePopular Culture: The Salahis and the Great Gatsby
Let me apologize in advance; I just can’t help myself. The more I read about reality TV, the more it just gets under my skin and the less control I have over writing about it. Reality TV is my whipping boy. It is, for me, the final indication of the end of civilization as we […]
Read MoreSports/Popular Culture: Is Elizabeth Lambert a Victim?
I already wrote a post about Elizabeth Lambert, the newest? member of the Sports Hall of Shame, for her unsportspersonlike behavior during a recent college soccer game. But I had another perspective I wanted to share because of all the attention she has gotten in the media. I actually feel sorry for Ms. Lambert. Don?t […]
Read MoreSports/Popular Culture: Bravo Elizabeth Lambert…Sort Of!
Elizabeth Lambert has become an overnight sensation?but not in a good way. Thanks to the viral power of youtube, her decidedly unsportspersonlike (we can?t say unsportsmanlike any longer) behavior during a recent college soccer game has landed her in the Deplorable Behavior Hall of Fame along side such luminaries as Kermit Washington, Bill Romanowski, Mike […]
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