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Why the Heck Do We Call It “The Fourth of July?”
Happy Independence Day! Oh, wait. Nobody actually says that. Here in ‘murica, we call our national day the Fourth of July – a number and a month – a phrase and title so common that nobody stops to...
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How Baseball Unifies America in Times of Trouble
This Sunday is MLB Opening Day, marking both the beginning of a new season and Rob Manfred’s first year as MLB Commissioner. He replaced Bud Selig who occupied the position for 23 years. Manfred will...
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Blatter Problems—Why the US Went After FIFA
Let us not mistake Sepp Blatter’s resignation Tuesday for an outbreak of conscience. The long-serving President of FIFA, the international soccer federation, was re-elected last week just two days...
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Why ‘Rocky’ is the Most Patriotic Movie of All Time
On Independence Day, your average freedom loving, red-blooded American probably celebrates like this: Playing at the pool or the lake or the beach, having a cold domestic beer with a hot dog, and...
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Lick Doughnuts. Denounce America. Call for Action Against Childhood Obesity:...
Doughnut-hating pop star Ariana Grande made quite a fool of herself this week. A bakery’s surveillance video recorded her acting like a total brat, making out with her boyfriend (who is on her payroll...
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Emily Blunt Needs a Civics Lesson
It is comforting that actress Emily Blunt has others write her lines for her because when she goes off script, she flubs it big time. Blunt deserves congratulations now that she is a newly minted...
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Exporting Halloween
For better and worse, America is the world’s dominant cultural exporter. Our music, from our modern pop hits to more classic rock, is an integral part of the sound track that kids worldwide grow up...
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Why ‘Downton Abbey’ is Really About the American Dream
Downton Abbey has returned for its final season (cue the tears of non-British viewers—proper Brits would never show emotion), and I joined the millions of other Americans who have been sucked into the...
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‘Madam Secretary’ is the Only Show on TV that Takes American Power Seriously
First, a confession. I would tune in to watch Téa Leoni read from the phone book if phone books were still a thing and CBS aired such a show on Sunday nights. I find Leoni’s looks, sultry voice, and...
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Why Americans Should Make the World’s Sport – Soccer – Their Own
Across America, it’s withdrawal time. The Super Bowl has come and gone, and regular-season NFL football is now devastatingly distant again– seven whole months away. What’s a red-blooded American...
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America Needs a Time Out
America, it’s time for a national time out. Some mornings, my kids and I are cranky. We snap at each other. We judge. We jump to conclusions and we fight. The kids throw things. I yell. One child cries...
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