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Sports are an essential part of American culture. Look at the football stadiums, basketball arenas, baseball fields, tennis courts, golf courses and other sports facilities which prominently mark the American landscape.

Young Americans grow up practicing individual sports such as running, figure skating, acrobatics, golfing, bowling, swimming and skiing. And they practice group sports such as baseball, basketball, soccer and football. Parents spend an amazing number of hours driving their children to and from a wide variety of practice sessions (far more hours than are driven to tutoring in academic subjects, for better or worse).

There are countless sporting events year-round on television. As I wrote earlier this week, many of them are among the top-rated shows (NFL football, major college football bowl games and college basketball’s March Madness Final Four have enormous viewership).

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There is a fascinating relationship between this interest in sports and the pragmatic, competitive culture at the heart of the American system. Consider key values and realities of sports and compare them to the elite modern left’s efforts to fundamentally change society and put Americans into a post-competitive culture.

The competitive nature of sports is an ideal way to highlight the strength of American culture. FILE: Rep. Greg Steube, R-Fla., pitches against the........

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