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GAIJIN (ガイジン)
Vassar Bushmills Gaijin, pronounced “guy-jin” is a Japanese word meaning “foreigner”. But it is much more than that. I lived in Japan 1972-1975 as an Army officer. And I had studied Japanese for four semesters in college to satisfy my language requirements. A solid C-student, I came away with the [Read More]
Economics
NIKE SWOOSHES AMERICA
Vassar Bushmills So many pieces, so little time. An awful lot of points of national survival converge from this little misstep by Nike in re the Matter of Colin Kaepernick as their new #JustDoIt poster boy. The first piece of the jigsaw is why do so many corporations these days get away with [Read More]
Politics
CAN DONALD TRUMP FIND JUSTICE FOR JIM THORPE? OBAMA DIDN’T EVEN TRY.
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
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]
Sports
When Men who Could Read Played Football
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?
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)
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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?
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
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
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]