Will Nike's new Colin Kaepernick ad bring out the fans or the haters?

Colin Kaepernick just does it

September 5, 2018

Nike has made activist-athlete Colin Kaepernick the centerpiece of its 30th anniversary “Just Do It” campaign. The ad shows a black-and-white close-up of his face and bears the words “Believe in something. Even if it means sacrificing everything.”

Some members of the San Francisco 49ers kneeling during "The Star-Spangled Banner" before a game against the Washington Redskins at FedEx Field in Landover, Maryland on Oct. 15, 2017. Photograph by Keith Allison. — Some members of the San Francisco 49ers kneeling during "The Star-Spangled Banner" before a game against the Washington Redskins at FedEx Field in Landover, Maryland on Oct. 15, 2017. Photograph by Keith Allison.

Talking 'Turkey' about NFL protests

August 12, 2018

Wildfires still burning out of control in California. Some border babies still not reunited with their parents. Markets reeling from Turkey’s plummeting economy, pushed further down by Trumpian tariffs.

But thank God President Donald J. Trumpet has made us safe from kneeling NFL players….

The beast in the jungle: Tone in the era of Trump

September 28, 2017

Is President Donald J. Trump racist?

It’s a question that has threaded his virulent response to the NFL players kneeling before the National Anthem to protest racism and his passive-aggressive approach to Puerto Rico’s suffering in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria.

I don’t think Trump is a racist. Indeed, I don’t like to think of any American president as one. But I do think that he is a joyless, mirthless person who takes no pleasure in other people and strikes a misanthropic tone. ...