Cam Newton is not your average NFL MVP quarterback. The former Heisman Trophy winner has a smile that's roped in plenty of endorsements, he's number two in NFL jersey sales for the 2015–16 season, and he has an impeccable sense of style to top it all off. Newton's dominance is unquestionable. The conversations he inspires are where things heat up and debate begins.
Sports have the unique ability to tell us about life, and football — due to its aggressive nature and widespread appeal — at times acts as a window into American life. So when it comes to the controversy, for lack of a better word, that was as much a part of Newton's season as his 50 touchdowns, I'm pushed to ask: What does this tell us about American life?
Today it seems that cultural and political elites are racing break-neck toward the outrageous. The outrages of Donald Trump, Barack Obama, and Bernie Sanders would be hilarious if they weren't dragging us along with them. (Not Hillary. There's nothing funny about Hillary.)
As bad as the politicians are, academics are even worse. The next generation of minds is being molded by an elite cadre of people who get paid to think thoroughly ridiculous ideas and who think that all right-thinking people agree with them because they have insulated themselves from those who possesses common sense, not to mention elementary formal logic.
