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The Travails of Ohio State Basketball
As much as I complain about the inconsistency of Dayton Flyers basketball (currently 18-9), I should be happy that I’m not a fan of Ohio State Buckeye basketball (currently 11-16). The Bucks have lost 13 of their last 14 games.
Is Ohio State an Embarrassment?
No, I’m not talking about their team sports. I’m talking about their educational departments (If the Universities didn’t have teams in football and basketball, there would be less than half the interest in these “educational” institutions). Ohio State is recruiting
Journalists Suggest Abandoning Objectivity
According to a journalism professor at Arizona State University, the media is too neutral and values “objectivity” too highly (really!?): Professor Leonard Downie, the former executive editor of The Washington Post, recently wrote that “newsrooms are debating whether traditional objectivity should
College Basketball Doubleheader 2023
My wife has become the super-duper sports fan so we attend all sorts of sporting events… Today, we attended the Dayton Flyers vs Richmond Spiders game at UD Arena at 4:00pm, and then made our way to the Nutter Center
Harvard, Affirmative Action, & Wokeness
Update I discovered a commentary today from a Harvard alum, which contains much more information about the incoming president of the university: “The new president is Claudine Gay, currently Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences… we should take
The Struggles of Flyers Basketball
With the Flyers penchant for low scoring, we knew that the Coach Grant’s offensive scheme wasn’t working. But just when you thought it couldn’t get any worse — the Flyers get blown out at Virginia Tech 77-49. Adding insult to
Humorous Aphorisms
I didn’t intend to give this posting an innocuous title, but it kind of hits the nail on the head. An aphorism is a brief statement of truth or principle… They’re even better when they’re funny: 1. If I had
Defending Democracy?
Am I the only one hearing this Democrat pitch line and cringing incredulously? Doesn’t anyone find it ironic that the political party that openly embraces the virtues of Socialism is claiming that they are “defending democracy”? The same people that