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According to the Father Superior

Every time I hear “Sweet Caroline,” I think about my dad’s dogged, fan-boy assertion that Neil Diamond is hands-down the most under-appreciated artist of our time. Possibly since the dawn of time.

I kind of secretly agree a little bit, although I’d never say so out loud in a zillion-and-a-half years.

Growing up, I didn’t always concur with my dad’s opinions. Like his stand on women pastors, which was, “Are you kidding? Who would cook for their families and take care of their kids?”

On the oth

Nature and Nurture

Michael Phelps was 15 when he swam in his first Olympics; over the course of four summer games he won 22 medals, including 18 gold, which makes him the most decorated Olympian in the history of EVER.

He came out of retirement last year announcing plans to compete in Rio this summer; he’s said to be swimming better and faster now, at the age of 30, than he ever has before.

Reporters love to talk about how, physically, Phelps seems cosmically suited to his sport. He swims with the power and stea