Penn State’s Shame

Outside of dictators, living people usually don’t get statues put up in their honor. Joe Paterno wasn’t a dictator; he was a demigod.

Penn State unveiled a statute of the legendary football coach outside its stadium in 2001, the same year, as it happens, that former Penn State coach Jerry Sandusky was seen by an assistant coach raping a child in a locker-room facility. Full Story »