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Please spare us the mournful tributes for Joe Paterno

By On January 22, 2012 · 6 Comments

Joe Paterno is dead, and I’d like to take this moment to ask many of you reading this to spare us the farcical tributes and forced empathy.

For decades, Paterno’s public image was the ambling, grandfatherly figure at the sideline of Penn State games. He was a throwback to […]

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John P. Surma, Vice President of Penn State's Board of Trustees, announces the firing of President Graham Spanier and football head coach Joe Paterno.

Joe Paterno, Penn State, and Priorities

By On November 10, 2011 · 4 Comments

Penn State students and alumni siding with Joe Paterno: you’re wrong.

There aren’t any if, ands, or buts about it. There isn’t a discussion to be had about what could have been done differently. Claiming ignorance of extent is not a valid excuse. Neither is invoking the phrase “hindsight” as a means of deflection.

Joe […]

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