Guest Column

By Gerry Chidiac

The Toronto Blue Jays are often referred to as Canada’s team because they are the only Major League Baseball (MLB) organization in the country. This season they are playing the most exciting baseball we’ve seen in years, and even though their ranks are not made up of many Canadian players, […]

Guest Column

By Gerry Chidiac

I am not a big fan of fiction in any format. I prefer that writers clearly elaborate their theories or that they explain what is actually happening in the world. I’ve also never been influenced by the latest draw in popular culture.

Given my disposition, I was surprised to find […]

Guest Column

By Gerry Chidiac

My earliest memories of baseball revolve around the 1969 Chicago Cubs. Enthusiasm just resonated off Wrigley Field as the great Ernie Banks chimed, “Let’s play two!”

Regardless of the disastrous finish to that season for the Cubbies, a love for the game was planted in my soul as […]

Guest Column

By Gerry Chidiac

In times of crisis, true leaders step forward. While effective political leadership has largely been absent, professional athletes, primarily players in the National Basketball Association and Women’s National Basketball Association, have demonstrated that celebrity status, when embraced with a sense of responsibility, can be a catalyst for global change.

Quite […]

Guest Column

By Gerry Chidiac

One of the most important qualities of a good leader is the ability to listen. It is very easy to jump on a bandwagon and it is easy to jump to conclusions. It takes true courage to hear another person’s point of view, admit we were wrong, shift our beliefs […]

By Ken Reed

America is clearly broken.

We’ve struggled from the beginning of this nation to live up to our ideals.

From our Pledge of Allegiance: “… with liberty and justice for all …”

From our Declaration of Independence: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal …”

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League of Fans founder Ralph Nader recently wrote a compelling column about heroes. He took a look at the disproportionate attention sports stars receive in relation to the heroes who fight for justice and are effectively addressing important socio-cultural issues, as well as the everyday heroes who are stepping up during the COVID-19 pandemic. We […]