Sports, Culture, and Leadership Writing
The Washington Post published a long-overdue expose on the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference (WCAC) today, laying bare its many short- and long-term issues and wrapping it together under the story that the conference has been a year and a half without a commissioner, an uncomfortably long-time for a major conference. Let me pause here at the beginning… Continue reading How a Lack of Leadership Can Derail the Most Powerful High School League in the U.S.
This morning I sat down to finish writing a draft of an article that I am submitting to a publication this week. I have spent weeks on it, but it was only in the past week that it began to take shape. As I hit save and pulled my hands back from the keyboard, I… Continue reading How to Break Into Writing – A Quick Tip from a Fellow Rookie
One of the best things about the month of February is Turner Classic Movie's Oscar Month, where you can watch some of the greatest movies of all time back-to-back-to-back. If you have a few free hours, you can watch movies that are so famous they are cliched, and gain a new appreciation for them. One… Continue reading Movie Review – On The Waterfront
Much ink will be spilled in the coming days on the life and legacy of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. The man's legacy, for better or for worse, will reverberate throughout American history for years to come. But instead of writing about his written decision on this topic or his impact on the Court, I… Continue reading A Different View on the Passing of Antonin Scalia
The comparison of running for president to a job interview is a poor one; after all, usually you are not facing millions of bosses when you submit a resume. However, after watching many debates and reading pages of analysis after them, I always find it interesting that the most basic and cliched interview questions are… Continue reading Quick Thought – Interview Questions for Presidential Candidates
The scuttlebutt from the world of soccer is that Jose Mourinho, superstar manager and massive egotist, is working hard to land his dream job of managing Manchester United. Now the Red Devils already have a manager but, in an era when the manager of the Champions League favorite announces next year he is taking over… Continue reading Would You Hire Jose Mourinho, Job Applicant?
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