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...candidate’s personal religious beliefs should not matter for the presidency. It is this same logic that other candidates with secular, individualist attitudes use to defend abortion, yet when it comes to Mike Huckabee’s candidacy, students seem to find relevance in every detail of his theological predisposition. In other words, what does evolution have to do with being a competent public official and head of state? This is especially true since he has no objection to evolution being taught in schools. It is thus disingenuous to oppose Huckabee on the grounds of his Evangelical Christian...
...should be self-evident that it cynically appeals to a corrupt ethos; it can only be justified if Americans agree that the fact of mass-slaughter in Iraq is morally less problematic than potential mass-slaughter in the U.S. The obvious corollary of that position is that Iraqi lives matter less than American lives. We can agree that the rhetoric might often prove effective, because it feeds off residual patriotism and a climate of pervasive fear-mongering. But clever tactical ploys do not sound ethical precepts make...
...rumors surrounding him this season, let out this gem: “We’re like some high-paid prostitutes anyway in this league. They just use and get rid of us whenever they want.” And he’s right. The fact of the matter is professional sports is not, and has never been, about playing for the fans, or teamwork, or challenges and triumph, or sportsmanship, passion, fun, or any of the other noble characteristics that we often attribute to it. It’s about economics...
...Unlike in realms like politics or religion, where these issues can have explosive consequences when brought up, in sports the broader societal externalities are often small. Sports may not be just a game, but it is not a matter of life and death either. Because of this, it serves as the ideal place to see how far society has come and where its major pitfalls still...
...brightest citizens, while sometimes excessive, remains far preferable to conformity and laziness. If the rest of the world feels inclined to characterize the United States as close-minded and brutish, let them; our most scathing criticisms often come from within. In the end, it’s these that matter, because they spur us on to better things: anything to disprove the doubters...