The CFP punts on expansion
The CFP confirmed the playoff will stay at 12 teams for 2026 after months of debate produced no agreement on expansion.
Greg Maresca
Faith, fury, and flash mobs
This column looks at the recent MN leftist activism that is undermining religious life, immigration enforcement, while adding to the political chaos.
August delusion to January absurdity Preseason polls aged like dead fish in the Miami sunshine
The NCAA preseason football poll, touted as a reliable predictor, was a major dud. As it turns out on Monday night two unranked teams — Indiana and Miami — will play for the national championship.
Call it college football’s improbable season, or is it?
The Cultural Chasm
A recent Institute for Family Studies survey underscores how conservatives place a higher value on marriage, parenthood and faith than leftists leading to stark differences in family, wellbeing, and demographics.
2026: No charge required
With a swelling population of senior citizens paired with a dwindling supply of children, America is aging faster than a smartphone battery during a three‑hour Zoom call.
The NCAA’s eligibility circus
With college football finally shuffling off stage like an aging rock star, college basketball has decided to crank up the speakers and throw the kind of house party that makes the neighbors call the cops.
Eligibility, international intrigue and NCAA drama; The pro-to-college pipeline
It was a headline that I had to read twice: An NBA draft pick deciding to walk away and play college ball instead. Being an NBA draft pick wasn’t enough for James Nnaji.
2025 Rear -View Awards
If hindsight is 20/20, then 2025 was a year where irony is produced by algorithms and politicians think diplomacy is a TikTok trend. To toast our survival is the annual Rear-View Awards, the only column where irony is not just a category, it is the entire piece.
Power, wealth, and surrogacy; Biology’s international fault lines
A striking headline can distill an entire saga into a single timeless line without a plot or nuance; just pure drama etched in ink.
The Paradoxical Patriot ; The political odyssey of Frank S. Meyer
President Harry Truman famously said, “The only thing new in the world is the history you don’t know.” In Daniel J. Flynn’s latest tome, “The Man Who Invented Conservatism: The Unlikely Life of Frank S. Meyer” fits that bill.
Unheralded and Autonomous
Take the military academies out of the college football equation and what remains is a host of systemic challenges that threaten the game’s integrity and long-term stability.
Importing Chaos; The paradox of nation building
In an ambush near the White House, West Virginia National Guard soldier Sarah Beckstrom was killed and Andrew Wolfe wounded. Charged is 29-year-old Rahmanullah Lakanwal, an Afghan who worked with CIA-backed units during the war in Afghanistan.
It’s Snow Joke
The first snowfall isn’t magical; it’s a mess and always has been. Clean roads turn grimy overnight, coated with cinder, ash and salt that seemingly sticks around until April.
The Highway’s Hidden Hazards
America’s highways, already a patchwork of potholes and billboards, face a deeper crisis in illegal drivers. This made headlines before quickly vanishing from the mainstream news’ cycle after a series of deadly crashes involving tractor-trailers.
Penny for Your Thoughts
The curtain fell quietly on a 232-year tradition as the U.S. Mint struck the last penny this month in Philadelphia. This ended one of the longest runs in American history. For years the penny had become a costly relic and was more nostalgic than useful and too expensive to mint.
The $40 Million Mulligan
Virginia Tech made headlines by hiring James Franklin as its next football coach because nothing screams “fresh start” like picking up a guy who was fired just over a month ago.
The Dukes’ Dark Horse; Chesney: The right stuff for PSU
In the spring of 1966, Penn State didn’t just hire a football coach, they rolled the dice on destiny. The university handed the keys to its storied program to a longtime assistant with no head coaching experience but was a gritty Brooklyn Ivy Leaguer.
The Anti-Wealth Manifesto
Twenty-four years after 9/11, New York City elected a 34-year-old whose biography reads like a Marxist coming-of-age novel with a Brooklyn rewrite. Zohran Mamdani, Muslim, activist, and self-described democrat-socialist, will become mayor January 1, 2026
A Defining Search
Despite a positive 12-year run at Penn State, James Franklin ultimately fell short of delivering what defines college football’s elite – a national championship. The chants of “fire Franklin” that echoed throughout Beaver Stadium grew louder as the young season progressed.
Never and somehow again
When dealing with an all-volunteer force, retention will always be an issue especially when civilian society is competing for the same talent.