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The NBA Finals Matchup as Cultural Metaphor
As it currently stands, the San Antonio Spurs are leading the Miami Heat three games to two in the best-of-seven…
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Post of the Week
What is it about Tim Tebow’s public displays of faith that intrigue us so much? This week’s acquisition of the…
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The Contagious Dynamism of Tim Tebow
In the land of the spiritually-blind, the man with one unwavering conviction is king. Our post-modern, secularized, relativistic culture does…
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Why We Love College Sports
The scene: a beautiful Carolina evening. A confident team of baseball players clad in powder blue and white. And a…
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Are Pop-Culture Expectations Too High?
In a post for Acculturated earlier this year, I posited that young men of marrying age are held – and…
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The Agony of Defeat
Even the non-sports fan had to cringe on Sunday watching the epic meltdown of Sergio Garcia at golf’s “fifth major,”…
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Love Won the Boston Marathon
Nike created a stir a couple of weeks ago when it ran a new ad featuring Tiger Woods and the…
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Does Winning Take Care of Everything?
Tiger Woods is usually in the news this time of year with April’s Masters tournament—golf’s biggest stage. In the last few…
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Rutgers: This Week’s Exhibit A for Total Depravity
Unless you’ve continued your fast from media well beyond Lent, you’ve seen the video of just-fired Rutgers basketball coach Mike…
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Only in America: The Rise of Florida Gulf Coast University
Though the Final Four is now set, it’s still worth looking back at this year’s remarkable run by this year’s…
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THE DAILY SCENE
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The New Culture of Parental Paranoia–Zócalo Public Square
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Do Children Make Us Happy?–Pacific Standard
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Learn to Socialize by Talking to Your Computer–Betabeat
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Russell Brand Wants to Be Treated With Respect–Gawker
Comedian Russell Brand was invited to…
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Pain & Gain. In America, your labor is your reward: your pain, your gain. The American dream is about working hard. acculturated.com/2013/06/19/pai…
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