Observations on life and current trends.
March 24, 2022 — Trend to drop standardized testing for college admissions is a welcome change. Subscribe to the Pick Six newsletter at http://christophersix.Substack.com/ for links to all stories mentioned in this podcast.
March 23, 2022 - The artist formerly known as Kanye West is exhibiting some disturbing and potentially dangerous behavior. Subscribe to the Pick Six newsletter at http://christophersix.Substack.com/ for links to all stories mentioned in this podcast.
March 22, 2022 — The Saint Peters Peacocks are what student athletics should be all about. Subscribe to the Pick Six newsletter at http://christophersix.Substack.com/
March 21, 2022 — A trip to an antique market was a walk through my past. Subscribe to the Pick Six newsletter at http://christophersix.Substack.com/
March 18, 2022 — F1, baseball and March Madness — It's a great time for this washed-up sportswriter. Subscribe to the Pick Six newsletter at http://christophersix.Substack.com/
March 17, 2022 — Two years on, it's hard to grasp how much we altered our lives, and how much we need to do better next time.
March 16, 2022 — Starbucks is working toward ditching the paper cup
March 15, 2022 — After a decade living and working in Washington, I've got protest fatigue
March 11, 2022 — Friday, warm temps and a baseball agreement have got me feeling good. If only my phone would quit it with the winter weather advisories. Links to all stories can be found in my Pick Six newsletter. Subscribe at cdsix.com
March 10, 2022 — Nearly a century after his birth, a jazz pioneer's legacy endures — links to all stories can be found in my Pick Six newsletter. Subscribe at cdsix.com
March 9, 2022 — The Pretzel City proves to be a hotbed of Wordle activity
March 8, 2022 — Leagues and sports books — from taboo to valued business partner
March 7, 2022 — It all depends on where you place your faith
March 4, 2022 — Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine has split the Russian chess world
March 3, 2022 — “I'm not going to bury another Batman!”
March 2, 2020 — Deadline extension turns out to be false hope as sides fail to reach a compromise
March 1, 2022 — It may feel good, but who are we punishing? Putin, or the people?
Feb. 28, 2022 — It begins with recognizing there is a crisis and that we all have a stake.
Feb. 24, 2022 — Russian invasion may be “way over there,” but will have lasting effect on the U.S.
Feb. 23, 2022 — Gary Brooker, frontman for Procol Harum, has died. He was 76.
Feb.22, 2022 — The Cold War never ended, and the next move is at hand.
Feb. 21, 2022 Something is slimming down in fast food — value menus
Feb. 18, 2022 — A transgender athlete's success in women's swimming sparks debate
Feb. 17, 2022 — Raising figure skating's minimum age for competitors is overdue
Feb 16, 2022 — “Always read something that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it.”
Feb. 15, 2022 | School board intimidation crosses the line — but unfortunately works
Feb 9, 2022. Stadium's demolition a reminder progress has never been a bargain.
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Memory is a strange thing. Never blessed with a photographic memory, as I have gotten older, I realize what I do remember are bits and pieces of things that when put together paint a picture of a day. Even those that change the world. Even one as monumental as 9/11.
We ask our service members — volunteers — to do for us what we will not undertake ourselves. For a nation that so often touts its moral superiority, we must do better. They ought not to have been used this way.
Do athletes really owe the fans anything? Should the possibility of playoffs or a championship trump personal choice?
Do I have your attention? Your local news source is not in good shape. It is dying.
28 years after his debut as the “new guy,” Conan O'Brien feels like the last holdover from an earlier era, and late-night TV will never be the same.
Last Sunday, 50-year-old Phil Mickelson won the PGA Championship, This weekend, 46-year-old Hélio Castroneves won the Indy 500. I reflect on a good week for the old guys.
“Those on the right labeled many of the protestors who turned violent this summer ‘looters and rioters.’ Well, what we saw Wednesday was looting and rioting in the guise of patriotism. We are a nation of laws — that can’t be ignored and then reapplied when convenient.”
As baseball struggles with relevance to younger generations, and kids get less exposure live ball, contraction is a decision it will look back on with regret.
Even with light at the end of the tunnel, COVID-19 is surging. And we are all tired...
Politics used to be something we looked at objectively, now everything is a “cause.”
The last presidential election was a referendum on 20-30 years of political thought — politics have undergone a seismic shift