A Christian Liberal is NOT an oxymoron.

Posted by XT on February 10th, 2009 in US News

First, I can’t believe it’s newsworthy. But with Miguel Tejada joining the tainted list, it’s time to start asking who, in professional sports, is not on steriods. I’m sure that’s a bit of a stretch towards cynicism, but let’s be honest – if someone’s physique improves dramatically between the time they turn thirty and the time they turn forty, something is helping them roll back time.

I don’t blame them for doing it. Runaway salaries give every reason for someone to enhance their natural abilities. Personally, I’d fix that with punative tax rates for incomes over maybe $2 million a year or so. But if there was a pill I could take to double my writing output and make sure that I could make millions of dollars in publishing fees…well, I’d think long and hard about it. Actually, I probably wouldn’t. I’d just do it, take the money, and deal with the consequences later.

There are two things working here, I think. The first is the insane desire of too many people wanting to be “the best ever.” Not just “one of the best.” “The best.” Period. That’s a runaway competitive spirit that is overflowing in our culture. These guys were just in position to make it come true.

The other thing at work is that, for most of us, there is no legitimate way we are ever going to make a million dollars in a single year. So it shaves five years off of the end of your life? So what? How many years does hard labor shave off of your life?

The final word is this: I don’t care one way or the other. I’m not so big a baseball fan that I’m going to waste ten seconds worrying over the “integrity of the game.” I honestly think that there are better things for us to waste brain cells on.

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