This lad pictured is a hockey player in Glenview, Illinois, named Will. He is the youngest of three boys. Will is all about hockey. I think he's eight years old. One of the reasons sports are so great is that the playing field in sports is about as level as it ever gets in a child's life.
The other day, a friend of mine lamented the outside influences that his son faces in school, such as institutional reverse-racism and the permeation of sexual influences. Our lad Will doesn't have to worry about any of that on the rink. In sports, your opponent is always visible and usually right between you and your goal.
An interesting tidbit about the picture of Will. Notice the new blue puck.. It weighs less than the traditional black puck, thereby making it easier for the littles to maneuver it around the goalies head. They use the blue puck at the mite level ( ages 5-8).
Naturally, Will's older two brothers think the kids who use the blue pucks are wimps, and enjoy commenting on it EVERY single time they watch him play, as though they were seeing it for the first time. They say things like " Give me a break!' and "That is so ridiculous" or "What's up with the blue puck?" That teasing is what is going to make Will the baddest of the three.
Headlines: Today I saw a headline that said that 5 people were gunned down in Detroit, in the span of ten minutes, in separate incidents. It's getting pretty ugly there. And, the body count is piling up. No doubt, the Democrats will want us soon to pull out.
