Category: Education
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College Football is Ruining the Children
My son Sam came home in a panic over a rumor that Tennessee’s star quarterback Nico Iamaleava was entering the transfer portal. Nico led Tennessee to our first college football playoff, and despite a first-round curb-stomp by Ohio State, Vol Nation remains optimistic. As long as Nico stays, most experts think we’ll compete for the…
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Pass The Ball, Son
1st grade basketball games on Fridays a the YMCA are bittersweet. My son Sam, who is enthusiastic about most things, loves the game and is one of the better players (I promise that’s not just a proud dad talking). He’s also a ball hog. If he has the ball, he’s looking to shoot; if he…
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The Snoo Button
“All of humanity’s problems stem from man’s inability to sit quietly in a room alone.” -Blaise Pascal A friend of mine recently had a baby, so after congratulating her, I asked, rhetorically: “How’s everyone sleeping?” “Great,” she said, “thanks to the Snoo.” “The what?” “The Snoo. It’s an apparatus that swaddles your baby in a…
