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Articles Written by: MICHAEL BRENDAN DOUGHERTY
Just attended a sparsely attended Veteran’s day service in my hometown. One of the hosts from the VFW, a stout man and Vietnam vet took a moment to harangue those who did make it about those who didn’t. Nearly everyone there was a veteran or close ...
I was pretty positive about J Street when it launched 18 months ago. And of course, on balance I prefer J Street to the bellicose AIPAC. The former does not advocate that America launch wars (Iraq) that are not in its interest to fight.
But J Street’s ...
Last May 12 I fell out of love with the NBA. The league that I had loved in the mid-nineties was gone.
Bird and Magic were a distant memory, of course. But that era was full of surprises: Reggie Miller's killer three point shots and taunting of ...
From MICHAEL BRENDAN DOUGHERTY,
American Spectator,
11 Apr 2008
My name is Michael Brendan Dougherty and I have a problem. You see, spring training is over. The old songs and poems about baseball are dutifully repeated over AM sports radio stations. The grass is cut and smells fresh.
At this time of year I join ...
From MICHAEL BRENDAN DOUGHERTY,
American Spectator,
4 Apr 2008
The place that invented the "Bronx cheer" doesn't cotton to its baseball players easily. Yankees fans took years to warm up to the best player in the game, Alex Rodriguez. People still call up Mike and the Maddog on WFAN 660 to debate whether A-Rod is ...
From MICHAEL BRENDAN DOUGHERTY,
American Spectator,
14 Mar 2008
The Seattle SuperSonics have died. The team bequeathed one NBA championship title and several YouTube videos of Shawn Kemp dunks to their Starbucks-addicted fans. They are survived by the Seattle Storm, a WNBA franchise whose popularity ranks ...
From MICHAEL BRENDAN DOUGHERTY,
American Spectator,
5 Mar 2008
In pop culture, drag racing had given us idiotically romantic images like James Dean in his Porsche 356 Speedster bolting down an empty California Highway. And also cheeseball ones: think John Travolta driving his Greased Lightnin'.
The reality is ...
From MICHAEL BRENDAN DOUGHERTY,
American Spectator,
21 Feb 2008
Imagine sitting in front of Henry Waxman and explaining that the man who accuses you of taking an illicit substance -- a demonstrably creepy man who was your trainer for years -- is lying.
Furthermore, imagine explaining that you didn't really know ...
From MICHAEL BRENDAN DOUGHERTY,
American Spectator,
15 Feb 2008
One reel of film will be played thousands of times on ESPN this week to mark the surprise midseason retirement of Texas Tech basketball coach Bobby Knight. In his white and black striped polo shirt, Knight stalks across the Hoosiers' bench in 1985. ...
From MICHAEL BRENDAN DOUGHERTY,
American Spectator,
7 Feb 2008
