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When Falls the Coliseum
When Falls the Coliseum

a journal of American culture (or lack thereof)

Author: Scott Warnock

Scott Warnock is a writer and teacher who lives in South Jersey. He is a professor of English at Drexel University, where he is also the Associate Dean of Undergraduate Education in the College of Arts and Sciences. Father of three and husband of one, Scott is president of a local high school education foundation and spent many years coaching youth sports.
family

Love-one

Scott Warnock, November 28, 2025November 28, 2025

I am not the Great Santini. I wasn’t a hard-ass dad who was going to…

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places

Spain and Portugal visit, aka “My Extreme Vacation”

Scott Warnock, October 5, 2025October 5, 2025

I generally say I’m an average husband—about a 5.5 or 6—but I am good with…

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education

Sped up on the academic “fast track”

Scott Warnock, August 25, 2025August 25, 2025

I guess this is it going forward. My kids are older, and now I have…

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health

Wear your sunscreen, or, three weeks with Efudex

Scott Warnock, July 9, 2025August 18, 2025

Summer’s here, and I’ll get right to it, kids: Wear your sunscreen!! Scoff as you…

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government

Dodgeball Donnie goes a wrestlin’

Scott Warnock, April 6, 2025August 18, 2025

A couple weeks ago, the NCAA Division I wrestling finals took place at Wells Fargo…

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sports

Competitive disparity has sapped my interest in NJ high school wrestling

Scott Warnock, March 16, 2025August 18, 2025

This year, I reconnected with some old college wrestling teammates from the mighty Rutgers-Camden Pioneers….

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health

Bros want control, responsibility–let’s make some abortion laws to help ‘em

Scott Warnock, December 19, 2024August 18, 2025

Yeearghh! The many bros, dudes, bruhs, he-men, and tough guys, wanna-be or otherwise, cast their…

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sports

The NFL is here and my kids finally care

Scott Warnock, September 27, 2024August 18, 2025

When I started writing in this space, my kids were small. I knew nothing about…

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