I walked in on a conversation between my co-workers the other day, nothing unusual, mostly sports talk. One of the guys asked me about my favorite sport. I thought for a moment and ran through a mental list of sporting events that I like to watch. I thought, football, basketball, hockey, auto-racing, I really couldn't name one that stood out from the rest. Another person mentioned his favorite sport was football. He said that no matter which teams were playing he would become so engrossed i...

Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius was educated primarily by Junius Rusticus, whom he revered and whose disciple he became, a man who was esteemed in both private and public life, with whom Marcus shared all his counsels both public and private, whom he greeted with a kiss prior to the prefects of the guard, whom he even appointed consul for a second term, and whom after his death he asked the senate to honor with statues. Maybe some day senators will honor Karl Rove with a statue. -R