manners-and-morals
A.C. Green: Iron Virgin

I was born and raised in the Los Angeles area, and also raised a passionate L.A. sport...

sports
Tiger Woods: The Making of a Man

This past Saturday there were two historic events in sport. One captured the thrill of v...

culture101
American Pharoah, the Triple Crown, and the Real Appeal of Horse Racing

What a terrific race, and what an impressive victory by American Pharoah in Saturday's B...

sports
Is Today the Day for a Triple Crown?

Back before baseball, basketball and football became national pastimes there was boxing ...

sports
Tom Brady Is Not So Golden Now

I confess that I hate Tom Brady. Ever since the snot nosed kid beat my St. Louis (previous...

civilsociety
Baltimore Riots: The Epic Fail of Modern Liberalism

After more than a hundred years of progressivism, it has come to this: public officials ...

manners-and-morals
Kyle and Jenner: The Price of Fame is the Destruction of Heroism

“True bravery is shown by performing without witness what one might be capable of doin...

manners-and-morals
Speith’s Classy Performance at the Master’s Is One for the Ages

Jordan Speith won the Masters golf tournament at age 21 and showed a great amount of cla...

manners-and-morals
Monday Abstract: Brey, Children of Same-Sex Marriage, Beauty of Aurora Borealis

On Saturday, University of Notre Dame head basketball coach Mike Brey showed what good c...

art
Avenging the Honor of Free Speech

January 7, 2015, will be remembered as the day Islamic terrorists declared war against f...

journalism
Media’s Domestic-Abuse and NFL-Abuse Problems Observed

Writing in The American Spectator, columnist Jeffrey Lord makes an important point about...

manners-and-morals
Dungy Defended, Media Blasted

Addressing the media "fertilizer storm" over former Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Indianapol...

culture-and-economics
Things Have Changed

Poor Pete Seeger.  Not even dead a week, and he’s already rolling over in his grave. ...

manners-and-morals
NFL’s Urlacher Not Bothered by ‘Neo-Nazi’ Slur

Brian Urlacher of the NFL's Chicago Bears showed yesterday how a gentleman handles being t...

manners-and-morals
Woods Shows Good Character in Spontaneous Gesture

A classy gesture by Tiger Woods at the British Open in St. Andrews, Scotland: Woods steps ...

manners-and-morals
Jackson: LeBron Treated Like ‘Runaway Slave’

The Rev. Jesse Jackson, the nation's foremost professional race-card player, said billiona...

books
A Lesson about the Second Amendment for Young Gun Owners

With My Rifle by My Side: A Second Amendment Lesson by Kimberly Jo Simac, with illustratio...

manners-and-morals
LA Riots, Late Coach Wooden Exemplify Extremes of Sports Character

How we participate in athletic competitions and react to sporting events can tell us a goo...

people
Ray Fisher: American Martial Artist

Note: This is an excerpt from a larger work-in-progress. The sound of training fills th...

manners-and-morals
Giving Obama a Mulligan for Playing Golf While Poland Mourns

Stephen G. Smith, the editor of the reliably conservative Washington Examiner, penned an o...

sports
Is Dan Boyle the NHL’s Bill Buckner?

The NFL has Jim Marshall and his wrong way run in 1964. Major League Baseball has Bill B...

manners-and-morals
Woods Criticized for Televised Outbursts of Foul Language

Is it acceptable to be tired of Tiger Woods? I certainly am. I watched some of Sunday's M...

sports
AmSpec Predicts Mariners World Series Champs; Are End Times Near?

After reading Aaron Goldstein's 2010 MLB predictions I expected to find myself alone in my...

commerce
Europe, Not America, Has A Free Market in Sports Entertainment

A few weeks back, the Obama administration declared that it “strongly supports House pas...

noteworthy
Curling on the Rise

CNN explains why the sport of curling has gained significant new attention during these Wi...

noteworthy
Kornheiser Suspended

ESPN commentator Tony Kornheiser has been suspended for two weeks for criticizing a fellow...

books
Dick Francis, Mystery Novelist, Born Storyteller

British mystery novelist Dick Francis produced a steady stream of very good and well-rec...

sports
Tiger and the Power of Perception

Could things get any worse for Tiger Woods? Well, yes, as a matter of fact they can, as ha...

manners-and-morals
Violent Gentlemen of Past Were Models of Moral Strength

The brilliant economist and columnist Thomas Sowell writes beautifully of a time when ev...

omniculture
Rush, the Rams, and Crying Racism

 For daring to be part of a group bidding for the NFL's St. Louis Rams, Rush Limbaugh...

commerce
‘Sports Illustrated’ Swimsuit Issue Sales Down

     Sports Illustrated's annual swimsuit issue sold fewer copies...

manners-and-morals
Arrest, Boycott Calls in Wake of Phelps Pot Incident Bring Further Moral Clarity

   The Michael Phelps saga continues.Earlier today it was reported that the...

commerce
Michael Phelps, Celebrity, and Moral Hazard

        The Michael Phelps drug use photo brings u...