Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Saturday, August 23, 2008
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Monday, August 18, 2008
OLYMPIC$ 4 $ALE!
It's hard to believe that at one time the Olympics were all about the amateur. The storied integrity of the amateur athlete, living like a monk in order to train in obscurity for that one moment of glory that came every four years. It wasn't about the "professionals", who back in the day were thought to sully whatever sport they played. (Think the early days of golf and Bobby Jones, who chose to never turn pro!) Professionals were all about money and endorsements and all the other distractions that were believed to be anathema to the true amateur athlete, his spirit, his soul, and indeed the spirit and soul of the Olympics itself! So it was with this in mind that I offer you this... The swimmer Michael Phelps just became the greatest Olympian ever, winning 8 gold medals in a single Olympics, surpassing Mark Spitz. And just a day or so since the historic event there is already a DVD on the market all about Michael Phelps's 8 gold medals!(!!) The money-making machine is ever-alert, ever-opportunistic, like a cancer transforming everything to dollar signs.
Friday, August 15, 2008
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Monday, August 4, 2008
FAREWELL to A.S.
KRONOS bids farewell to Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn.
(1918-2008)
"The line separating good and evil passes not through states, nor between classes, nor between political parties, but right through every human heart."
--Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
(1918-2008)
"The line separating good and evil passes not through states, nor between classes, nor between political parties, but right through every human heart."
--Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Friday, August 1, 2008
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