Team Sports & Politics

Team Sports & Politics

When I was a teen in the late 1980s and 90s, there was a great rivalry between the Chicago Bulls and the “bad boys” of the Detroit Pistons. My family on both sides are from SW Michigan (where I now live), and we are close enough to Chicago to have a lot of Chicago...
Legal Does NOT Mean Moral!

Legal Does NOT Mean Moral!

In much of Western Culture, there is a belief that if something is legal, it must be morally acceptable. Why do people think this way? In a previous post, I talked about how Friedrich Nietzsche shifted our cultural vocabulary away from speaking about morals (which are...
The Rule of Law – Chief Justice Roy Moore

The Rule of Law – Chief Justice Roy Moore

Alabama’s Chief Justice, Roy Moore, is in the news again. A few weeks ago, a federal court in Mobile, AL ruled that that state’s ban on homosexual marriage was unconstitutional. Today, that ban is to be lifted, allowing for same-sex couples to obtain legal...

Eric Holder wants to make Zimmerman pay.

As disturbing as the recent Zimmerman trial has been, the most shocking part of this story may still be unfolding. A Florida jury acquitted neighborhood watch citizen George Zimmerman of second-degree murder in the fatal-shooting death of Trayvon Martin. The U.S....