Commentary
For many North Americans who came of age in the 1950s and 1960s, professional sports played a formative role in shaping moral imagination.
Sports, Maturity, and the Pitfalls of Performative Emotion
A society that cannot recognize dignity without spectacle will eventually struggle to sustain civility.
A general view during the NFL 2025 game between the Denver Broncos and New York Jets at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, England, on Oct. 12, 2025. Justin Setterfield/Getty Images
William Brooks
Author
William Brooks is a Canadian writer who contributes to The Epoch Times from Halifax, Nova Scotia. He is a senior fellow with the Frontier Centre for Public Policy.
