Racist Imboden…
So brave [/sarcasm]: An American who medaled in fencing at the Pan American Games took a knee during the national anthem to protest racial and social injustice. Race Imboden, …
Nine Twelve
Following the attacks of 9/11 in 2001 against the people and government of the United States, I believe this was President George Bush’s finest hour: I will forever be grateful …
Delusional Confirmation Bias 101: “This is why he takes a knee…”
This is the story that came up on my newsfeed. See the headline? Almost every comment on the thread mentions something along the lines of, “This is why Kaepernick takes …
United We Stand…Divided We Kneel- Just Screw It!
Yesterday: On Monday, Nike unveiled an ad campaigncelebrating the 30th anniversary of its “Just Do It” campaign, featuring Colin Kaepernick, the former San Francisco 49ers quarterback who began the practice of kneeling …
The Flaming Hypocrite Sits Out the 2016 Election
Yesterday morning, Stephen A. Smith on ESPN’s First Take went off on a tirade against Colin Kaepernick who either made a conscientious abstention from voting through non-participation- basically taking another …
A Tale of Two Professional Football Players
One of the more enjoyable rituals from summers long past was an annual vacation that involved renting a house in Dewey Beach, Delaware for a week each year with a …
Captain Commander-in-Chief Obvious Weighs in on the Kaepernick Kerfuffle
He hasn’t been following it closely; yet he’s willing to weigh in with his understanding of it (where have we heard this before?): “My understanding at least is he’s exercising …
Qualities to Admire
We lesser mortals look to others for inspiration, we call them heroes, but often, they just have extraordinary talent or a work ethic, and they happen to be in the …
This a**hole does not belong in professional football
We’ve all seen some scumbags in football. Warren Sapp is one of them. Sapp crossed the field to cold cock Chad Clifton of the Packers who was nowhere near the …
Of Twinkies and Oreos: What it means to be “Ethnic” in “White” America
A few years ago, I relayed the following experience: Multiculturalists would tell the four year-old boy in the photo that he was being white-washed. They would tell the 40 year …