It’s easy to say sports really aren’t that important, that they’re just games. But special individuals, coaches and teams do so much more than provide us with entertainment. They rally and unite a community like almost nothing else. It’s all too rare when everyone has something in common to support, regardless of their politics or their economic fortunes.
Traditionally, Thanksgiving signifies the official beginning of the holiday season — though most malls have had Christmas displays up since Halloween. But while most people look forward to gorging on turkey and pie, Thanksgiving marks the start of a much less pleasant tradition: sitting and waiting through holiday sobriety checkpoints.
Few situations match the political jockeying, back-room lobbying and public posturing of a college presidential vacancy.
Of all the things that have been said recently about Las Vegas Sands CEO Sheldon Adelson’s crusade against online gambling, there’s one missing: He’s right.
Arne Duncan is the Obama administration’s secretary of education, the highest position in the nation as it relates to schools. Yet it’s quite apparent he has plenty to learn, having been rightly schooled over an astounding comment he made about those who are questioning the new Common Core State Standards rolling into K-12 schools across the nation.
