Cam Newton’s Blunder Is a Prime Example of Why You Should Think Before You Speak (from October 10, 2017 – for The Daily Nerv)

Cam Newton 2016 Preseason By Keith Allison (Flickr) [CC BY-SA 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)%5D, via Wikimedia Commons Yesterday, Carolina Panthers quarterback, Cam Newton, made a gaffe that he probably wishes he could take back. Jourdan Rodrigue, a sports beat writer for The Charlotte Observer, was asking a question to the NFL superstar about the physicality of running routes, when

Questioning My Loyalty to Contact Sports (from August 9, 2017 – for The Daily Nerv)

Steve McNair Tackle by Keith Allison from Baltimore, USA (Steve McNair Uploaded by Hello32020) [CC BY-SA 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)%5D, via Wikimedia Commons As we come back to another Fall season, one is reminded of that special time of year when diehard sports fans get ready for their favorite team’s games by looking up their schedule and planning

Episode 03 – Contact Sports, Some Yale University Students, and My Argument Against Abortion

Next up on Thinking It Through with Jerome Danner, I try to think through issues dealing with loving contact sports while knowing about the dangers of concussions, which can result in chronic traumatic encephalopathy (look up Dr. Bennet Omalu).  Then, I touch on issues with civil discourse again: this time with some Yale University students and