They are supposed to be dispassionate dispensers of Pure Justice, icy islands of emotionless calculation. In short, umpires should be acute Republicans.
Interpretation
The quote suggests that umpires should be impartial and logical, devoid of personal bias, much like a political ideology that values reason.
George Will emphasizes the need for umpires, who serve as arbiters in sports, to maintain an objective and impartial stance. He likens their role to that of an ideal Republican, implying that they should function without emotions or biases, ensuring fair play through dispassionate judgment. This perspective invites reflection on the nature of justice and the qualities necessary for those in positions of authority.
In practice
During a sports panel discussion about the need for fair officiating.
The problem with intelligent-design theory, is not that it is false but that it is not falsifiable. Not being susceptible to contradicting evidence, it is not a testable hypothesis. Hence it is not a scientific but a creedal tenet - a matter of faith, unsuited to a public school's science curriculum.
The cultivation - even celebration - of victimhood by intellectuals, tort lawyers, politicians and the media is both cause and effect of today's culture of complaint.
Correct thinkers think that 'baseball trivia' is an oxymoron: nothing about baseball is trivial.
Constitutional arguments that seem as dry as dust can have momentous consequences.
The civil forfeiture law - if something so devoid of due process can be dignified as law - is an incentive for perverse behavior: Predatory government agencies get to pocket the proceeds from property they seize from Americans without even charging them with, let alone convicting them of, crimes. Criminals are treated better than this because they lose the fruits of their criminality only after being convicted.
Actually, there is only one first question of government, and it is How should we live? or What kind of people do we want our citizens to be?
The cosmos doesnβt measure sweat and hours for reward. The cosmos deals in the currencies of joy and satisfaction.
And each day brings it's pretty dust, Our soon-choked souls to fll And we forget because we must, And not because we will.
The armies of the day have chased the army of the night, Heaven and earth are filled with purity and light.
Some scientists claim that hydrogen, because it is so plentiful, is the basic building block of the universe. I dispute that. I say there is more stupidity than hydrogen, and that is the basic building block of the universe.
When you choose whether to make or keep a covenant with God, you choose whether you will leave an inheritance of hope to those who might follow your example.
There is one power in the Universe and we can all use it.
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