With the NFL’s version of “labor strife” soon to be settled, our democracy can soon return its full attention to more important matters. For example, without the business of sports hogging the headlines, we the people can focus on the villainous fiends who, apparently, comprise our professional athletic class. Far be it for us to blame the crooks on Wall Street for our tanking economy when we have Big Bird, teacher’s unions, and criminal athletes to take the blame.
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Monday Musings: December 13, 2010
With the lame duck Congress in full feather, The Rational Middle has much to muse on this week. We will discuss the most recent judicial ruling on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act, the notion of compromise, and the ceaseless rantings of the deficit hawks. For me, this is the first Monday of winter, having endured a real storm this weekend and the ice it left behind. I endured a political storm over the weekend as well, finding myself in the kill box with Liberals to my left, Progressives to my right, and conservative friends chuckling all around.
Mike On Sports: Curious Standards And The NFL
Two quarterbacks in the NFL today epitomize this concept. Brett Favre, while undoubtedly one of the all-time greats, was anointed by the sports media after quarterbacked the Packers back to greatness. Jason Campbell, the former Redskin and current Raider quarterback, has not received such benediction from the sports media elite. The differences between the two, in terms of media coverage, fan treatment, and league perception are evident. To be clear, these two players have very different histories, but the NFL is certainly a “what have you done for me lately” league.
Monday Musings: October 4, 2010
Fall arrives quickly in the Midwest, bringing with it hints of melancholy winter. I am not alone in dealing with a change of season cough, it being just warm enough during the day to convince one to be under-dressed for the chill of evening. The natives love the color change around here, but the dust and bugs stirred up by the harvest rob me of joy. It may be strange coming from a heat-loving desert rat like me, but I long for the first freeze of winter: it at least has the benefit of killing off all of the flies and gnats.
Welfare For Billionaires
The Minnesota House rejected a $791 million proposal to build a stadium for the Minnesota Vikings. Good for them! The Vikings, in the mold of every single member of the thoroughly out of touch NFL old boys club, whined about it in a statement to the media. The statement was a not so subtle message that… (read more)
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