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February 10, 2023
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Why the Super Bowl Is Good for America
Patrick T. Brown
Public Discourse

As the socialist web magazine Current Affairs pointed out, the left has a long history of finding sports problematic, “irrational, a distraction from the Very Serious Business of politics, a ‘bread and circuses’ corporate spectacle.” But the argument crosses the political divide. Conservative commentator Lyman Stone has argued that sports have displaced other forms of community life, bluntly stating that “professional sports are decadent spectacles that embarrass the nation.” In the digital pages of The Spectator, reactionary writer Pedro Gonzales compared watching sports to watching pornography.

Sports provide, at the very least, a shared experience, and even an ersatz brotherhood.

De gustibus, as they say, non est disputandum. If paleocons or socialists find no pleasure in the thrill of a buzzer-beater or the tension of the bottom of the ninth, it neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg. But the insufferable condescension—that getting invested in sportsball is “cringe,” and that rooting for laundry is the opium of the unwashed masses—deserves to be pricked. Yes, modern-day sport is corrupt, venal, exploitative, craven, greedy, and, at times, lethal. It is, after all, made up of humans, who are all those things and more.
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TODAY IN THE NEW YORK TIMES:
Patrick and Erika Bachiochi of EPPC's Life and Family Initiative ([link removed]) were profiled along with Oren Cass of American Compass in the New York Times ([link removed]) for their work promoting pro-family policy:

Patrick T. Brown, 33, a former congressional staffer and current fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, previously cared for his children full-time. Now, he works part-time from home in Columbia, S.C., and takes charge of his four children after school while his wife works as a college professor. He supports child cash benefits, expanding Medicaid to more mothers and increasing the supply of affordable housing.

“There are definitely some conservatives who still point to the 1950s as a normative vision for family life,” Mr. Brown said, referencing the “Leave It to Beaver” white, suburban family with a stay-at-home wife.

“That debate is stale,” he added. “We shouldn’t expect we can turn back the clock—and we shouldn’t really want to.”

Mr. Brown, Mr. Cass and Ms. Bachiochi are well known on Capitol Hill.

NEXT WEEK ON CAPITOL HILL:
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February 16, 9:30–11:30 AM
Russell Senate Office Building 325 (Kennedy Caucus Room)
2 Constitution Avenue Northeast Washington, DC 20002
Join the Institute for Family Studies and the Ethics and Public Policy Center for a briefing ([link removed]) on new, exclusive IFS/YouGov poll that explores parents’ views on family policy topics, including kids’ online safety, paid leave, and promoting marriage. Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) will offer remarks on a parent-first approach to kids’ online safety, and top conservative pro-family scholars and writers will explore the contours of an authentically pro-family agenda.
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In Ed Whelan's latest post on Confirmation Tales, he describes his entry into the "cesspool" of the United States Senate working for Senator Orrin Hatch ([link removed]) .
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"It is hard not to wonder if the Church today, in emphasizing priestly vocations, doesn’t unintentionally diminish the need to nurture real discernment and preparation for the vocation shared by most Catholics, namely marriage," writes Stephen White ([link removed]) for The Catholic Thing.
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On Theology of Home, Carrie Gress writes about the delightful messiness of making a home ([link removed]) .
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And for the Epoch Times, Noelle Mering, also of the Theology of Home Project, decries the "quasi-pornographic, hell-themed" performance at this year's Grammy Awards ([link removed]) .
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George Weigel writes for his syndicated column this week about the poisonous influence of pro-choice black leadership ([link removed]) .
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On the EDIFY podcast ([link removed]) , Mary FioRito and Edward Feser talk about how his study of philosophy drove him to atheism and then back to Catholicism. They also discuss how marriage policy surrounding marriage has become so disordered and take a deep dive into Critical Race Theory to see how it’s not actually a remedy for racism.
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The William E. Simon Lecture: What Ukraine Means
February 28, 6:30 PM
Mayflower Hotel
1127 Connecticut Avenue, Northwest State Room, Washington, DC 20036

The Ethics and Public Policy Center cordially invites you to the 21st Annual William E. Simon Lecture, "What Ukraine Means", presented by George Weigel.

The lecture will be followed by a reception.
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