To paraphrase James Joyce, current events are a nightmare from which I am trying to awake. Escapist entertainment is one dodge, and I’m all for it, but I’ve also been reading American history to understand how we got to this … Continue reading
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Well, turn out the lights. No more NFL for another seven months. It will take New England haters at least that long to get over their latest disappointment. I admit to not being a part of their weird cult, though … Continue reading
The absurd Roman circus of the Superbowl is upon us again. The roman numerals are no accident. Of course, there have been some changes since the originals. On the one hand, gladiators didn’t make ten or twenty million dollars a … Continue reading