Football brings out the sociologist that lurks in some otherwise respectable citizens. They say football is a metaphor for America's sinfulness.

Quote by George F Will

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Politics should share one purpose with religion: the steady emancipation of the individual through the...

Politics should share one purpose with religion: the steady emancipation of the individual through the...

Football incorporates the two worst elements of American society: violence punctuated by committee meetings.

Football incorporates the two worst elements of American society: violence punctuated by committee meetings.

Revisiting the Revolutionary War is a bracing reminder that the fate of a continent, and...

Revisiting the Revolutionary War is a bracing reminder that the fate of a continent, and...

If you seek Hamilton's monument, look around. You are living in it. We honor Jefferson,...

If you seek Hamilton's monument, look around. You are living in it. We honor Jefferson,...

Actually, there is only one ''first question'' of government, and it is ''How should we...

Actually, there is only one ''first question'' of government, and it is ''How should we...

Pessimism is as American as apple pie-frozen apple pie with a slice of processed cheese.

Pessimism is as American as apple pie-frozen apple pie with a slice of processed cheese.

If you want to understand your government, don't begin by reading the Constitution. Instead, read...

If you want to understand your government, don't begin by reading the Constitution. Instead, read...

American politics as you know . . . is very often a matter of capture...

American politics as you know . . . is very often a matter of capture...

Football brings out the sociologist that lurks in some otherwise respectable citizens. They say football...

Football brings out the sociologist that lurks in some otherwise respectable citizens. They say football...

Americans, endowed by their solicitous government with an ever-expanding array of entitlements, now have the...

Americans, endowed by their solicitous government with an ever-expanding array of entitlements, now have the...

Schools, including universities, must insist upon the prestige of reading and especially of reading old...

Schools, including universities, must insist upon the prestige of reading and especially of reading old...

Baseball, it is said, is only a game. True. And the Grand Canyon is only...

Baseball, it is said, is only a game. True. And the Grand Canyon is only...

Some parents say it is toy guns that make boys warlike. But give a boy...

Some parents say it is toy guns that make boys warlike. But give a boy...

Whatever right the Second Amendment protects is not as important as it was 200 years...

Whatever right the Second Amendment protects is not as important as it was 200 years...

Politicians fascinate because they constitute such a paradox; they are an elite that accomplishes mediocrity...

Politicians fascinate because they constitute such a paradox; they are an elite that accomplishes mediocrity...

This is an age in which one cannot find common sense without a search warrant

This is an age in which one cannot find common sense without a search warrant

Football brings out the sociologist that lurks in some otherwise respectable citizens. They say football...

Football brings out the sociologist that lurks in some otherwise respectable citizens. They say football...

What has happened at Guantanamo Bay... does not represent the will of the American people....

What has happened at Guantanamo Bay... does not represent the will of the American people....

All of the books in the world contain no more information than is broadcast as...

All of the books in the world contain no more information than is broadcast as...

If there be one principle more deeply rooted than any other in the mind of...

If there be one principle more deeply rooted than any other in the mind of...

In football everything is complicated by the presence of the opposite team.

In football everything is complicated by the presence of the opposite team.

What is neither a crime nor a sin is what you should get busy doing.

What is neither a crime nor a sin is what you should get busy doing.