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Politics

CAN DONALD TRUMP FIND JUSTICE FOR JIM THORPE? OBAMA DIDN’T EVEN TRY.

May 31, 2018 Puma ByDesign 0

Vassar Bushmills Recently, Donald Trump pardoned Jack Johnson, the first black-American World Heavyweight Champion. Johnson’s story is instructive, just as Obama’s refusal, not neglect, but refusal, to pardon him was. Jack Johnson was not only the first black champion, but a long-reigning champion, causing the coinage of the term “Great White [Read More]

Culture

Epic Fail: The NFL Owners Try Bribing The Protesting Players

December 1, 2017 JoshuaPundit 2

Faced with what amounts to a revolt from the protesting players on the one hand and the fans outraged at what they see as blatant disrespect for flag and country, the NFL owners decided to pursue several compromises, all of which failed…so now, they’ve resorted to what amounts to race [Read More]

Blocking by Frederic S Remington Harper's Weekly November 18 1893 public domain

Sports

When Men who Could Read Played Football

October 27, 2017 Puma ByDesign 0

Vassar Bushmills For William F Buckley, Jr RIP WFB was a Yale man. Frederic Remington, the famous Cowboy & Indian artist also was a Yale man. He was also a football player there, before 1880. His football art is offered here to remind people of how the game was once [Read More]

Culture

Forum: What’s Dumber? The NFL Knee Or Refusing Free Books From The First Lady?

October 2, 2017 JoshuaPundit 0

Every week on Monday, the WoW! community and our invited guests weigh in at the Watcher’s Forum, short takes on a major issue of the day, the culture, or daily living. This week’s question,courtesy of Don Surber: What’s Dumber? The NFL Knee Or Refusing Free Books From The First Lady? [Read More]

Culture

The Latest: Trump Wins, NFL Caves (Updated)

September 29, 2017 JoshuaPundit 0

The latest developments tell a simple story; President Trump wins, NFL Caves. League commissioner Roger Goodell held a behind-closed-door meeting Tuesday night with NFL owners, league executives and select players to talk about the national anthem protests and especially, I’m sure, the effect its having on the bottom line. There’s [Read More]

Propaganda

NFL protests are based on lies

September 29, 2017 Doug Hagin 3

From the time Colin Kaepernick first “took a knee” during the national anthem last season the left have hailed him as heroic, and praised him for raising awareness, and protesting inequality, and police brutality. The media, of course has been eager to carry these narratives because the media loves nothing [Read More]

Culture

The Latest: Trump Wins, NFL Caves

September 28, 2017 JoshuaPundit 2

The latest developments tell a simple story; President Trump wins, NFL Caves. League commissioner Roger Goodell held a behind-closed-door meeting Tuesday night with NFL owners, league executives and select players to talk about the national anthem protests and especially, I’m sure, the effect its having on the bottom line. There’s [Read More]

Culture

The Ghost of Trayvon Martin Takes a Knee

September 27, 2017 Proof Positive 1

Halloween is approaching and the stores are filling with candy, skeletons, and not a few ghosts. One specter once again raising its ugly head, is the ghost of Trayvon Martin. In addition to the Take a Knee controversy, or complementary to it, four NFL players have submitted a ten page [Read More]

Culture

Unmasking ‘Taking The Knee’…The Real Issues At Stake

September 25, 2017 JoshuaPundit 3

The issue d’jour for the past week or so has revolved around NFL players refusing to stand for the national anthem and both the fans and President Trump’s disgust with what they see as disrespect to flag and country. It’s time to get past the political garbage verbiage and look [Read More]

Sports

ESPN should stop soft-selling what Colin Kaepernick did and continues to do

August 5, 2017 Doug Hagin 0

If you listen to ESPN, you might get the distinct impression that former San Francisco quarterback Colin Kaepernick is no more than an activist who is being punished by the NFL owners for raising the issues of race, and police brutality in America. In fact, it seems that most ESPN [Read More]

Sports

They’re Always 20

August 2, 2017 1willford 1

By: Mike McDaniel Various venerable aphorisms suggest as we grow older, we grow wiser. This is, demonstrably, not universally true. We can all point to a variety of people who, as they aged, remained just as dumb as they were when young, and stubbornly proud of it. As for [Read More]

Sports

44 years ago today

June 9, 2017 Doug Hagin 0

The greatest racehorse in history, Secretariat won the Belmont Stakes, and the Triple Crown with such ease it still amazes I must note that in 1973, Secretariat beat another horse, Sham in the Derby and Preakness. In both races Sham and Secretariat blew by the field, showing how special both [Read More]

Government

Waiver that allows military academy athletes to go pro after graduation scrapped.

May 2, 2017 Puma ByDesign 0

On Monday, Secretary of Defense James Mattis, put an end to the policy allowing military academy athletes and ROTC athletes to join the NFL or NBA right after graduation. Effective with this year’s graduation class, “newly commissioned officers will serve for their minimum commitment of two years.” Makes sense. DoD [Read More]

Sports

Watch: Canadian Hockey Fans Sing U.S. National Anthem After Singer’s Mic Fails

May 1, 2017 JoshuaPundit 0

The scene? The opening of the third game of the Stanley Cup playoffs between the Anaheim Ducks and the Edmonton Oilers at Edmonton’s Rogers Place Sunday, packed with Canadian hockey fans there to root forthe Oilers in a hotly contested series. So after ‘Oh Canada,’ the Canadian anthem, up steps [Read More]

Sports

The New Baseball Season Is Here. What’s Your Favorite Baseball Memory?

April 10, 2017 JoshuaPundit 1

Every week on Monday, the WoW! writers, community and our invited guests weigh in at the Watcher’s Forum, short takes on a major issue of the day, the culture, or daily living. This week’s question: The New Baseball Season Is Here. What’s Your Favorite Baseball Memory? Dave Schuler : That’s [Read More]

Guns & 2nd Amendment

Kevin Harvick Wins First NASCAR Pole Award

April 9, 2017 Proof Positive 0

I don’t spend a lot of times on the sports page. MLB lost me with the strikes. The NFL went SJW and left me behind, so I usually don’t give the sports section more than a cursory glance. But something caught my eye yesterday: A NASCAR driver proudly holding a [Read More]

Sports

For The Love Of The Game

March 11, 2017 William of Ockham 0

By Scott Kirwin There’s something about the game of baseball that maintains its place in the American imagination. It’s an egalitarian sport compared to football. All players get a chance at scoring, and there is no position that dominates play the way the quarterback does in football. It’s pace is [Read More]

Sports

Review: Kobalt Duel Power Inflator

October 13, 2016 1willford 0

By: Mike McDaniel I ran across an article the other day–I believe it was in Popular Mechanics–about the Kobalt Duel Power Inflator. Kobalt is the brand of an extensive line of tools marketed by the Lowe’s chain. I don’t do a great deal of business at Lowes, Home Depot being closer [Read More]

Sports

Social Justice Narrative Sends NFL Ratings into Free Fall

September 21, 2016 Puma ByDesign 1

The unintended consequences (or is it) of Colin Kaepernick and other football players turned social justice warriors who hold a grievance against a nation that is so racist that said nation opened the door to the aggrieved enabling them to acquire the riches through opportunities not afforded anywhere else on [Read More]

Social Issues

Colin Kaepernick: You Have the Right to Remain Silent

September 18, 2016 Proof Positive 0

A couple last points on the Kaepernick Kerfluffle before we relegate him and the NFL to the status of Hula Hoops, Lawn Darts and Pet Rocks in the ash heap of faddish entertainment. [Read More]