The NCAA National Communist Athletic Association

A book store at Penn State, that wonderful school in Happy Valley, is selling t-shirts that read "NCAA National Communist Athletic Association." I've heard just about enough from that school.

Penn State ignored red flags, engaged in a cover-up

AP says that Joe Paterno and other Penn State officials concealed the allegations against Jerry Sandusky more than 10 years ago, putting more youngsters at risk. Paterno played an "integral part of this active decision to conceal."

Penn State's top officials ran a cover-up of a sex-abuse scandal for 14 years.

Weekends are really important

AP: When Joe Paterno heard Mike McQueary's story, he waited another day before calling the school's AD. "It was a Saturday morning and I didn't want to interfere with their weekends," Joe said.

Sandusky in court today

Jerry Sandusky will appear in court today to face his accusers, some of them anyway.

The Penn State culture

AP: The private culture of Penn State enabled Jerry Sandusky to continue cross the line with young boys for more than a decade.

Too many, from the university president to department heads to janitors, knew of troubling behavior by this revered, longtime coach who founded a charity for children with hardscrabble backgrounds. But at this school whose sports programs vow "success with honor," the circle of knowledge was kept very limited and very private.
Year after year, Penn State missed opportunity after opportunity to stop Sandusky. Secrecy ruled, and reaction to complaints of improper sexual behavior was to remain silent, minimize or explain away - all part of a deep-rooted reflex to protect the sacred football program.

Shocking new details in Penn State sex abuse scandal

'Delusional' Jerry Sandusky reveals shocking new details in Penn State sex abuse scandal

Not the same thing

Mike McQueary didn't make a report to the local police, a Pennsylvania police chief says. Maybe he called campo.

Another recent report is here.

Football is life itself

Margaret Wente: College football is America's true religion. This statement was prompted by the Penn State mess. Joe Paterno was fired. If you didn't notice, the school's president was also fired, but nobody rioted about that.

You can tell a lot about a civilization from its monuments. The Greeks built temples to the gods. The Romans constructed roads and aqueducts. The United States built railroads, skyscrapers, majestic post-office buildings and public libraries. Today, it builds temples of worship called football stadiums. This may not be the end of empire, but sometimes it feels that way.

Open your eyes and see

Shawn Hubler on the cult of Penn State. But the light came on, and he could at last see clearly. "I began to distance myself from football. I started hanging around with pre-med students, pot smokers, Young Republicans, kids who majored in economics, kids of other ethnicities, foreign kids."

The bad news keeps coming at Penn State.

Jerry Sandusky, former Penn State coach, faces as many as 460 years in prison. 
You can find summaries of the scandal all over the web. See here.

Penn State's budget cut

Tax Prof: Penn State faces the largest budget cut -- 52.4 percent -- in the history of higher education. Will your school be next?