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Will High School Sports Exist in 2043?
Reading some cultural tea leaves of late has led me to wonder whether a pillar of American teenage life—high school athletics—will still exist 20 or 30 years from now. With participation levels among high school athletes higher than ever, that … Continue reading
Must Be a Typo
Vacationing—or, more specifically, flying on an airplane—affords me opportunities unknown in the remainder of my day-to-day life. From the irrational anxiety I feel if I’m not at the airport at least an hour before my flight, to submitting to a … Continue reading
About Last Night
I wanted to write something about the Improvised Shakespeare Company performance I was fortunate enough to attend last night, but I need to preface it with this proviso: I’m working on about three hours of train sleep (which equates to … Continue reading
Culture Trumps All
I was a political science major in college, and many of the upper-level classes in my major dealt specifically with electoral law. American electoral law, British electoral law, continental European electoral law, comparative electoral law. I studied systems used by … Continue reading
Good Cause, Bad Slogan
The burden of being Tom Garrett extends beyond my profound lack of social interaction, incompetence at parallel parking, and maintenance of an inexplicably-large retro video game collection (although it occurs to me that the former and the latter points may … Continue reading
This is Not Lunch
I understand that commenting on the eating habits of Americans is well-traveled territory. And I’m certainly not within hailing distance of proper eating habits. However, there are still certain lines I won’t cross—lines that separate man from insatiable animals unable … Continue reading
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Saving Our Skins
I didn’t think much of it one way or the other when Harrison Weinhold brought up the Washington Redskins’ nickname during the podcast we recorded over a week ago. The conversation meandered from weighty issue to weighty issue, and the … Continue reading →