On Wednesday night Mark kept his midweek date with Tucker Carlson on Fox News. The subject was the continuing controversy over NFL players "taking a knee" during the national anthem:
Commentator Mark Steyn said the NFL is "subverting a civic ritual" by allowing their players to kneel during the national anthem.
He said that actions of players in recent times negate the reasoning for taxpayer-subsidized stadiums in many NFL cities.
Steyn said the league legitimizes asking for tax dollars because football is considered a public civic event in which the entire community can come together.
"You can't have that and then for these organizations to strike at the most basic civic ritual which is standing for the national anthem," Steyn said.
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Steyn will be back on air this Thursday morning with Justice & Drew at 1130 Twin Cities News Talk live at 7.30am Central Time. We hope you'll tune in! Among other things, Mark will be promoting his return to Minneapolis this coming Monday, October 2nd, for an evening with the Center of the American Experiment, on stage at the Guthrie Theatre. More details here. If you're in the Minnesota area and would like to attend, please click here and enjoy a $25 discount on the ticket price by entering the promo code steynclub.
Later on Thursday he'll be back on air north of the border with John Oakley on Toronto's AM640, live at 5pm Eastern.
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