Category: news
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USA VS Ghana Today
After scoring a last-minute goal against Algeria earlier this week, the USA team has advanced to the World Cup’s round of 16. This afternoon we’ll find out if the only nation to call the sport “soccer” can advance to the quarterfinals on fútbol’s biggest stage. Tune in at 1:30 PM (CT) this afternoon to see…
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The World Cup
Tomorrow kicks off what is, without a trace of hyperbole, the world’s most popular sporting event. Unfortunately, given soccer’s poor reputation in the United States (Remember this Simpson’s episode?) many Americans are missing out on the hype and excitement of the World Cup. Why hasn’t soccer caught on in the USA? Perhaps it was one…
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Responding to the “White Anxiety Crisis”
It’s now widely known that by 2050 white folks will not represent a majority of the overall U.S. population. Changing demographics are nothing new but this impending shift has generated a whole lot of interest and eye-catching headlines. I’ve been thinking about these numbers and wondering how we currently in the majority will respond. Recent…
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If not this health care law, than what?
I’m going to carefully wade into the murky waters of the recent health care reform hoopla. Not being a policy expert, I’m not interested in debating the nuances of the new health care law. We’ll leave it to the pundits to spin the law to be either the ultimate demise or salvation of our nation. …
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the best of the sarah palin comments
This blog broke all of it’s records yesterday thanks to WordPress featuring the Sarah Palin post on it’s homepage. The amount of traffic and nutty comments on a post about a politician bordered on ridiculous, especially given the typically apolitical nature of the blog. I’ll confess though, it was pretty fun to watch all of…
David W. Swanson 