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Author: Adam E. Gallagher

The Ultimate Competitor Leaves Behind a Complicated Legacy

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Kobe is the NBA career leader in only one stat: missed shots. What could be more fitting?

Adam E. Gallagher February 4, 2020 African American history, basketball, race, sports

Fox and Trump are Afraid of LeBron James

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“When you come at the king, you best not miss.” Fox News host Laura Ingraham would have been […]

Adam E. Gallagher February 22, 2018 basketball, conservatism, Donald Trump, more conservatism, race, sports

Colin Kaepernick’s Critics Only Care about Symbolism and Ignore Substance

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As for many American boys, sports were a staple of my life growing up in the 90s and […]

Adam E. Gallagher September 9, 2016 football, politics, Popular culture, sports, Uncategorized

The GOP’s Confederacy of Dunces

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Here are a few of the oft-repeated explanations for the rise of Donald Trump: racism; economic anxiety; his […]

Adam E. Gallagher April 14, 2016 conservatism, Donald Trump, more conservatism, politics

A Radically Condensed History of David Foster Wallace’s Legacy

As a devoted reader of the late David Foster Wallace, when I first saw the trailer for the […]

Adam E. Gallagher September 7, 2015 1990s, writing

Four Years Later: What Can We Say about Democracy in Tunisia?

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When major world events occur, observers and analysts are often quick to jump to speculative conclusions – aided […]

Adam E. Gallagher December 22, 2014 Arab Spring, Egypt, elections, Middle East, politics

The Sad Decline of The Daily Show

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With Stephen Colbert departing for CBS to replace David Letterman in 2015, I’d like to preemptively ring the […]

Adam E. Gallagher May 8, 2014 media, television, the Left

Making Analytic Rain in Today’s NBA: The Stat Revolution in Pro Basketball

If you’ve taken a course in the social sciences, you are well aware of the quantitative approaches that […]

Adam E. Gallagher August 28, 2013 basketball, sports, Uncategorized

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