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2021-09-23 White Sox Clinch AL Central Title

White Sox Clinch AL Central

September 23—With today’s 7-2 win over the Indians, the White Sox clinch the American League Central Division title—for the first time since 2008. This is the sixth division championship for the White Sox, and the first time that the team has earned back-to-back postseason appearances.

Chris Bassitt RHP 40

Chris Bassitt Back in Action

September 23—Oakland Athletics right-hander, Chris Bassitt will start today in the four-game series finale against the Mariners, in his first appearance since taking a scary, hard-hit blow to the face off the bat of Brian Goodwin on August 18 at Guaranteed Rate field.

Comerica Park, Detroit

Week of September 20-26, 2021

Chicago White Sox schedule and results – Week of September 20-26, 2021

Thomas Jefferson

T.J. the Anti-Originalist

Thomas Jefferson was a radical, extremist anti-originalist, who intended a living, breathing, evolving constitution.

Globe Life Field - Arlington

Week of September 13-19, 2021

Chicago White Sox schedule and results – Week of September 13-19, 2021

9/11 Memorial and Museum anniversary ceremony in New York, NY on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2018.

Thoughts on the Twentieth Anniversary of 9/11

The challenge we face as a nation is fundamentally emotional. There will be no thinking our way out of this. We can try to engage in rational debate. We can pretend that articulating our “reasons” will persuade others to support our positions. But a good-faith exchange of views is not possible when “people like YOU are destroying MY America!” Compromise and working through areas of disagreement are obviously out of the question.