Sports
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Bernie Williams: Taoist Sage
Bernie Williams, of the New York Yankees, is on the downside of an illustrious career. He was a key element of the great Yankee teams of the late 1990s. In recent years, however, he has been slipping. Age… Continue reading
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In Yielding There Is Completion
As some of you may know, that is one of my favorite passages from the Tao Te Ching (#22): In yielding there is completion; in bent is straight; in hollow is full… And it came immediately… Continue reading
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Johnny Be Good
Unlike my friend Dan Drezner, who is struggling mightily to be positive, I take a rather more philosophic view of the move, via free agency, of Johnny Damon from the Red Sox to the Yankees. This… Continue reading
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A Taoist Yankee Fan?
As sports fans know, the New York Yankees lost in the first round of the American League Championship Series. They had won the American League East Division, beating out that other team to the northeast, but fell to… Continue reading
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And By the Way: How ‘Bout Those Yankees!
You might remember that some time ago I consulted the I Ching and asked whether the New York Yankees would win the American League East division title this year. And the I Ching said that they would. Well,… Continue reading
The Useless Tree 