Culture

Rutgers University is known as the birthplace of college football, but in the last few weeks it's seemed more like the deathplace of sportsmanship.

Viewers attracted by adorable children or train wreck hype?

Camp O.J. has taken over Las Vegas.

Guilt by association: "Tuscaloosa, where George Wallace once stood defiantly in the schoolhouse door to keep blacks out of the University of Alabama...."

A key measure we have for punditry in our political culture is fame, not a display of any brains.

Journalists leaped to the defense of the Rutgers women's basketball players, but Navy men's football players seem to be fair game.

Comedienne crosses the line by mocking Christ while accepting an Emmy award.

TV host expresses disdain for flag-waving American patriots.

The media must make candidates take clear positions on whether to amend the Constitution to protect one-man, one-woman marriage.

Commemorating the victims of al-Qaeda's sneak attack is growing tedious, even annoying, and may play into the hands of the Bush administration, according to NPR and The New York Times.

In the quest for buzz, advertisers continue to sink to new lows – now they're suggesting irresponsible sexual behavior to children.

Newspapers attacked military commander General Petraeus on the day he delivered his much-anticipated progress report on the war in Iraq.

Yet another television show draws attention to the antics of the rich and irresponsible. Whatever happened to programming that builds character?