For interns at 'The Weekly Standard' or 'National Review,' where the martial instinct finds its most insistent voice, what Robert Kagan calls the military 'career path' is not widely seen as a plausible future. Pulling a trigger is what Jose, Tyrone, and Bubba do, not early admission students at the better private universities.

I love cops; I'm fascinated by the criminal justice system.

Retirement is purgatory for the former sports star. The world outside organized sports is unforgiving.

Class has always been Tom Wolfe's subject, and I suspect the reason for much of the disfavor in which he is held.

We used to go cycling as a family every weekend. I played basketball, cricket, badminton, and was half-decent at them.

I think that there's still a lot of prejudice going on. I don't really think it's only an issue of football. I think football is a mirror of society.

There are things players go through on an everyday basis in the business of football. You don't see it all with the glitz and glamour of game day.

It is not hard for me to remember when I was in college. I loved many things about college life: I loved learning. I loved the comradery. And I loved football.