Tip of the Week

Miley Cyrus created a stir by her act at the MTV awards.  She dressed and danced in a way that was sexually suggestive.  What does the Code say, and what do you think about her performance?  The Code says, “I will display caring and honorable behavior… and will be a positive role model…”  There have…

Alex Rodriguez was beaned by the Boston Red Sox pitcher Sunday night.  The pitcher said it was unintentional; no one believed him.  We do not know if it was intentional or not, but what we do know is the reaction of those who saw it.  Some thought it was deserved, to show him of the…

Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel has been accused of signing autographs for money, a violation of NCAA rules.  We do not know the truth of the story, and hope that he has not violated the rules.  It’s also true that many people consider the NCAA’s rules to be hypocritical, since, for example, it sells his…

William and Kate have a baby son, George.  How is that like the Code? The first question to figure out is “How is having a new member added to the family like a sports situation?”  The answer then becomes more clear: we add and lose members of our team all the time.  How do we…

How does the home run derby and the All Star game reflect the Code for Living?  You might say “everyone has developed their ability” or they wouldn’t be there, or think of other valid points.  We intend this as a fun question: the derby and the game are all about fun.  Fun to see all…

Recently, a national competition of over 1,000,000 high school Jr. ROTC cadets, representing all four services, ended up with 500 young people coming for the finals in Washington, D. C.  The Navy team won the competition, but what was most noticeable was the performance of Cadet Logan Mellaci, who single-handedly answered enough questions to secure…

Carlos Beltran of the St. Louis Cardinals just flew down to his native Puerto Rico to the first graduation class of the academy he founded there. Here is part of a recent article in USA Today about him: “I want to be a good person, to help kids get an education, to help them achieve…

Whether we are graduating or not we have come to the end of the school year.  It’s a good time to stop and evaluate how we’ve done in living out the Code.  We should see the many ways in which we have done our best as individuals, teammates and members of our family, school and…

Cameron Lyle throws the shot put on the track and field team at the University of New Hampshire.  Or he will until this Wednesday – when he goes in to give some of his bone marrow to save the life of an unknown person.  Cameron signed up for the bone marrow registry two years ago…

At the Wooden Cup banquet collegiate recipient Nathanael Franks told the story of an autistic child he tutored in a school.  One day he discovered the child’s love for rocks.  Nathanael began to do things with the child involving rocks and a new relationship began, with the result that the child’s grades improved.  Franks learned…