Hockey Good; ESPN Stupid
The city of Vancouver continues preparation for the 2010 Winter Olympics. The games will be spectacular, and hockey will again feature professional athletes.
Not that ESPN will care.
The worldwide leader in sports divorced hockey years ago. When football is out of season, you’re stuck with basketball–great to play, useless to watch.
Oh sure, such statements are heresy during the March run to the Final Four, but that’s college. In a few days, the student-athletes will be traded in for NBA players. If Kobe Bryant and stars played a game in my backyard, I would close the curtains. Yet that’s all the “worldwide leader in sports” wants to talk about. Continue reading
Life. Culture. Education.
Life as Pop Culture Professor Clay Morgan
In The Matrix, Morpheus tells Neo he can take the blue pill and go on believing whatever he wants to believe. Or he can take the red pill to stay in Wonderland and find out how deep the rabbit hole goes.
This is a red pill type site that provides information in an entertaining way. It’s about clear thinking and good writing. It’s about finding meaning amidst the absurd. It’s about humor and truth.
I’m a writer / speaker who teaches history and political courses at a couple of local colleges. Where is local, you say? Well, that would be Wonderland of course.
On topics ranging from pop culture to the meaning of life, my brain’s always poppin’. Take the red pill and unplug.
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