The institutions of college athletics exist primarily as unreality fueled by deceit. The unreality is that universities should be in the business of providing large spectacles of mass entertainment. The fundamental absurdity of that notion requires the promulgation of the various deceits necessary to carry it out.
We, The People is more than a statement of purpose. It is an acknowledgement of an obligation to each other. - Charlie Pierce
We, The People is more than a statement of purpose. It is an acknowledgement of an obligation to each other.
- Charlie Pierce
The perfect lover is one who turns into a pizza at 4:00 A.M. - Charlie Pierce
The perfect lover is one who turns into a pizza at 4:00 A.M.
There is a lot in American politics (and in American life) that is angry, greedy, reckless and violent. - Charlie Pierce
There is a lot in American politics (and in American life) that is angry, greedy, reckless and violent.
Optimism....is neither weak nor naive. It can be tough and pure and earned just as clearly as any brooding existential despair. - Charlie Pierce
Optimism....is neither weak nor naive. It can be tough and pure and earned just as clearly as any brooding existential despair.
Ronald Reagan was a dim hack who did horrible damage to almost everything he touched. - Charlie Pierce
Ronald Reagan was a dim hack who did horrible damage to almost everything he touched.
Every president learns on the job because nobody`s really prepared for the kind of decisions that cross your desk every day. No one`s prepared for th… - Charlie Pierce
Every president learns on the job because nobody`s really prepared for the kind of decisions that cross your desk every day. No one`s prepared for th…
If religion comes into the public square, it is as vulnerable as any other human institution to be pelted with produce. Ignorance does not become wis… - Charlie Pierce
If religion comes into the public square, it is as vulnerable as any other human institution to be pelted with produce. Ignorance does not become wis…
It is the doctrine of the oligarchy that there is nothing that we hold in common, that the commonwealth is a myth, that it is even a sign of softhead… - Charlie Pierce
It is the doctrine of the oligarchy that there is nothing that we hold in common, that the commonwealth is a myth, that it is even a sign of softhead…
For all the huffing and blowing we get about rugged individualism, the American spirit and the American experiment always have had at their heart the… - Charlie Pierce
For all the huffing and blowing we get about rugged individualism, the American spirit and the American experiment always have had at their heart the…
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