Michigan State and lessons from the old school
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Know what’s old school? Standard, 3-by-5, index cards. Thin blue lines. Sturdy. Stackable. That’s how this men’s basketball season began for Michigan State. Each player was…
Drawing From Bob Dylan’s Songbook, Learning Lessons in Mortality
Ordinarily, the actor-writer-musician Todd Almond is a pretty unflappable stage presence. But normal rules do not apply when you discover at intermission that Bob Dylan is in the audience of…
3 lessons the Ravens should learn from Super Bowl LIX
Unless you’re Marlon Humphrey, you probably weren’t expecting a Super Bowl blowout on Sunday night. The Philadelphia Eagles’ 40-22 win in New Orleans was one of the NFL’s most lopsided…
Civilization VII Is Filled With Simulated Crises and Real Lessons
Unhappiness is a dreaded condition in the Civilization game series. Unhappy citizens stop working, stop researching scientific pursuits and, worst of all, start rioting. In the new Sid Meier’s Civilization…
The Search for Lessons in Trump’s Return on Martin Luther King Day
On Monday, America will observe both the birth of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., whose vision of pluralism, democracy and racial justice made him the most revered civil…
The Magic of Swimming Lessons in Middle Age
I’ve never been a good swimmer. I mean, I can swim. But what I do in a pool feels more like a battle for survival than a workout — especially…