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Holding back tears as he spoke to his mother about his experience at school, Keaton Jones asked, “Why do they bully?  What’s the point of it?”  Her video of that conversation has been seen by over 20 million people over the Internet. October was the National Bullying Prevention Month.  Did that make any difference in…

Eli Manning has been benched. None of us can imagine what it feels like to have started over 200 games in row for the NY Giants, been twice named as the Super Bowl MVP, and then to be told you’re now on the second string. But, most of us have found ourselves either not starting,…

At Thanksgiving it’s natural to focus on our families and our country. One of the things that is true is that we are a part of many teams in addition to our sports teams or family team – our school team, our community team and our country team. We may be a part of many…

Three UCLA basketball players were arrested in China for shoplifting.  According to the news, they had shoplifted in three stores.  This is another example of making a mistake that is costly.  Fortunately, the President was in the country and able to extricate the players from certain jail sentences of years.  What are the temptations that…

How do you want to be seen or thought of by others?  What will others say of you tomorrow, next year, or many years from now?  When Abraham Lincoln first ran for office he wrote in the newspaper that his highest goal was to be “esteemed of my fellow men, rendering myself worthy of their…

What lessons did you learn from the World Series?  Or, how did you see the Code reflected?  We saw several things.  Often we hear someone say, “one team wanted it more than the other.”  That is not necessarily true.  What is true is that whenever two teams play, one is going to lose.  Both teams…

The purpose of the Code for Living is to help us develop our character, leading us to become our best selves.  I heard a woman on TV say that courage is not something that one gets in a split second.  Courage is gained “brick by brick” she said.  It takes courage to build character because…

No matter where we live, there will always be distractions.  Sometimes the distractions are our own; these can be academic challenges, family problems or personal relationships with others.  Sometimes they are school issues, or at other times they may community or even national issues.  Sometimes, of course, these distractions are not just distractions, but are…

Was anyone surprised that there was another NCAA scandal, this time involving shoes and college basketball?  Why are we not surprised?  Why do people cheat?  These are good questions to ask your team.  Here are two more:  What do we lose by cheating, even if we are not caught?  What does the Code say about…

At each Iowa Hawkeye home game in Kinnick Stadium all 60,000+ fans turn around at the end of the first quarter and wave to the kids who are watching the game from the top floor of the Children’s Hospital next door overlooking the field. The top floor of the hospital has four big screen TVs…