The playoff system we have is inadequate and inequitable. Just pull the trigger and expand the CFP so that situations like the 2014 TCU snub and the 2016 Ohio State-Penn State conundrum can be avoided. You don't have to be a fanatic to see that the current system isn't working.
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Theater Review (NYC): ‘The Pigeon in The Taj Mahal’ by Laoisa Sexton
It is the unexpected meetings that hold the most promise to take us out of the killing routine of our lives.
Read More »I am Ashamed to be an American, Part Three
Mr. Trump apparently tapped into this deep-seated, Southern brand of rancor and resentment – the feelings of hatred, bigotry, misogyny, and yes, racism, too, whether overt or covert – in short, the ugliness of it all! – and in the process, unleashed the beast within, the worst in our already tarnished (white) nature. The rest is history.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘The Roads to Home’ by Horton Foote, Starring Hallie Foote
Beyond superficial appearances, whether in the city or the rural South, people are the same.
Read More »Why Donald Trump Might Be Good for America
Although liberals treat Donald Trump's election as a blow to their cause, it is actually a boon in disguise – provided they maneuver things right.
Read More »I am Ashamed to be an American, Part Two
If only someone had miraculously turned back the clock to the good ol' days of slavery, or at least to the pre-Civil Rights era, everything would have been just fine. No one was complaining back then, not even the poor whites, for they were still far better off than the blacks and the rest of us who had trickled in afterwards.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘The City That Cried Wolf’ by Brooks Reeves
All is shadowed darkness in Rhyme Town. The wolves have become preeminent and terrorize the city.
Read More »I am Ashamed to be an American, Part One
I’m ashamed to be an American, an Italian-American, a Hispanic-American, an African-American, what have you. If there’s got to be an “American” suffix to complete the descriptor of my national identity, then I have to resign myself from now on to wear it as a badge of dishonor; and so should you!
Read More »NCAA Fact or Fanatic: Rivalry Week Edition
With our picks record still steaming along at a healthy rate, it's time to take a look at what's ahead in college football. Let's talk turkey!
Read More »New York Botanical Garden Holiday Train Show, a 25-Year Celebration of Awesome
This year the Applied Imagination team added the exhibition's first roller coaster, the Coney Island Cyclone. With the Cyclone are the Coney Island Wonder Wheel (complete with LED sign) and the Elephantine Colossus, a gigantic elephant-shaped hotel from the 1890s that burnt down in a fire.
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