By Jay Sekulow
The left's outrage over the IRS turns to a plea to 'move on'
Eric Metaxas' project here, in limning the notable lives of seven Christian men, is to hold up all seven as models of right behavior and commitment. He senses — well, I mean, how could he not? — that "young men especially need role models.
Jason Collins has been compared to Jackie Robinson. And Neil Armstrong.
In what may qualify as the overstatement of the year, NBA journeyman center Jason Collins has been dubbed "our generation's version of Jackie Robinson," merely for outing himself Monday as the first openly homosexual player in any of the four leading major league team sports.
Let's get a couple of things straight about three culture-related stories that broke this week, datelined Washington, D.C.
Last summer, NBA veteran Jason Collins considered joining an old Stanford college roommate, U.S. Rep. Joseph Kennedy III, at Boston's gay pride parade.
Jason Collins came out, got widely congratulated for his courage, and the games went on.
With the simplest of sentences, NBA veteran Jason Collins set aside years of worry and silence to become the first active player in one of four major U.S. professional sports leagues to come out as gay.
Jason Collins nearly got Rick Welts into $200 worth of trouble.
With the recent theatrical release of "42," a new generation of Americans will be introduced to the inspirational story of Jackie Robinson.
Lined up in front of their dugouts, all wearing No. 42 on Jackie Robinson Day, the Washington Nationals and Miami Marlins stood for a moment of silence to honor bombing victims at the Boston Marathon.
EDITOR'S NOTE: C.J. Nitkowski pitched for eight teams in the major leagues from 1995-2005, then played pro ball in Japan and South Korea. He portrays Phillies pitcher Dutch Leonard in the current film `42.'
Everybody in uniform at the Tampa Bay Rays game Monday against the Red Sox at Fenway Park wore the number "42" as Major League Baseball celebrated its fifth annual Jackie Robinson Day.
Lined up in front of their dugouts, all wearing No. 42 on Jackie Robinson Day, the Washington Nationals and Miami Marlins stood for a moment of silence to honor bombing victims at the Boston Marathon.
April 15
"42" has the feeling of a movie that was made for the ages, to be buried in a time capsule for the benefit of future civilizations. The film is ever aware of its need to be important, so it uses a lot of devices to convey the historical importance of its subject, baseball pioneer Jackie Robinson and the racial integration of the national pastime. The end result is a movie that feels a bit like a museum piece, dusty and remote.
Robinson wrote, "Every chance I got, while I was campaigning, I said plainly what I thought of the right-wing Republicans and the harm they were doing. I felt the GOP was a minority party in term of numbers of registered voters and could not win unless they updated their social philosophy and sponsored candidates and principles to attract the young, the black and the independent voter."
"42" is a well done biopic, but it doesn't have that much new to say about Jackie Robinson and his legacy.
