Sunday Flotsam and Jetsam

Miscellaneous thoughts and observations.

So how many other people have become suddenly curious to see Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor's college transcripts to see if she took any science classes in college. Any science classes at all... Higher education in America needs its own Reformation - but who will be our Martin Luther?... The Athletic is being acquired by the New York Times. I'm not going to assume they'll ruin a good thing but my finger is halfway to the cancel payment button just in case... Joke that's making the rounds on the Internet, "CNN lost interest in Greta Thunberg as soon as she turned 18." Funny because it's true!... Cities would never give their fire departments quotas of how many fires they need to put out because that would just give incentives to firemen to set fires of their own in order to meet the quotas, Yet those same cities have no compunction of giving quotas to the police. Makes no sense. Also makes no sense that the FBI over the past decade has been acting like a fire department that has to set its own fires to make quotas... Think a good way to make sure future generations properly understand what it is that makes America a great nation is to have each high school senior have to take and pass the US Citizenship test in order to graduate. Of course that would just lead to the teacher's unions lobbying to make the Citizenship test much easier to pass...  So what's up with Joe Brady?  Thought he'd have been hired as an offensive coordinator by a  Power 5 college by now. His presence could make a big difference in getting some top QB's or receivers in the transfer portal. He's been linked to Miami and that would be a big get by the U... Think it would be great for NBA fans if they got a partial refund on tickets to a game if one of the stars they went to see sits out because of  "load management." Make it a simple formula - the amount of the refund is based upon the percentage of the salary cap the star's salary represents. Of course this would never be adopted (but it should)... Go Pats!!!... As always if this column has made you smile or think - don't be afraid to hit the like button. Also please subscribe (it's FREE) and share with your friends. Thanks in advance..