OK, let's decompose this. First off, for the record, I was a scholarship swimmer at university and have a degree in Biological Science. With that in mind: YOU WRITE: The claim that Thomas jumped from being basically bottom-of-the-barrel in men’s sports to competing at topmost levels of women’s is so…

I’m kind of a Reagan aficionado; I avoid the term “fan”, because I readily acknowledge that there were shortcomings in his term of governance. At any rate, I wrote a rather long rebuttal to another poster regarding Reagan, so I thought I’d post a standalone version as well. Too much…

As an ex-athlete (scholarship swimmer through college, if you must know) and a permanent Olympic sport addict (well, and baseball, also), the topic of trans inclusion in sport has been of extreme interest to me. There are reasons for this that go beyond the current debate. In the late 1970’s…

Some commentary is required: “Nevertheless, the extreme right-wing has masterfully turned the “controversy” into another means to exploit racial anxieties and hatred in a country of rapidly changing demographics to cement white racial domination.” Seriously now. How many of the people railing about this issue in front of their local…

I love this little (physically) girl. Part of the reason is that she’s little only in stature. Her personality is huge, her influence on her sport is towering, and when US Gymnastics appeared ready to ignore the larger implications of what enabled serial abuser Larry Nassar, she took courageous action…

(Originally wrote this one on March 9. New information has come to light since, making me feel really good about the original article. New discussion in the section below marked UPDATE.) There are four groups of people who read that title: You didn’t take life science courses, and you think…

Eid Mubarak! Is the traditional greeting at the end of each Ramadan period. It’s a simple translate, Eid meaning “feast” or “festival” and Mubarak meaning something more close to “Blessed”. So, Eid Mubarak, Ramadan Mubarak, and Jummah Mubarak (where Jummah is the holy day of the week, Friday) all make…

Quick: When you think back on the past half-decade of political campaigns, what do you miss? Is it pointless celebrity vanity campaigns? Irresponsible culture war fearmongering? Yes, which is why I wanted to read your article, which clearly engages in such fearmongering. :-) Buckle up, friend: Caitlyn Jenner is running…

The debate is indeed odd. Nobody would seriously argue that skin color is attached to social behaviors; its a minor genetic variable that's not accociated with anything. Therefore, if mass killings in the US are primarily perpetrated by white people, the logically one has to look for any social conditions…