Denied by the Woodwork

The UEFA President wants all to know that sport is special:
Sport is not an economic activity like any other. Sport is about sharing, surpassing oneself, exchange, respect. Sport is about emotions. Football is a game rather than just a product or a market. It is a spectacle rather than just a business.
Replace “sport” and “football” [...]

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Pilgrim’s Progress

I’m off to Mobile, Alabama to visit my paternal grandparents and other sundry relatives, whom I haven’t seen in several years.
While I’m gone, and if you are celebrating Thanksgiving tomorrow, do cast a fair thought my way whenever someone utters one of those treasured holiday clichés, like:
“This sweet potato casserole is so sweet, it should [...]

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Knowledge Problem

Given that I only missed one question on this test of civic knowledge, I suppose I can be considered civically literate, a fact which evidently distinguishes me from a typical politician:
Officeholders typically have less civic knowledge than the general public. On average, they score 44%, five percentage points lower than non-officeholders.
Several questions deal with economics. [...]

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You Spin Me Right Round Baby

Today walking to my car I approached the crosswalk of death and saw blue lights flashing and two damaged vehicles pulled to the side of the road. As the light signaled me to cross, I took some pleasure in the thought that perhaps the drivers’ self-destructive turn would be my salvation, much like an Indian [...]

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Right of Way

Every morning, not far from where a diminutive man assailed me with darts, I face another threat: drivers turning right on red who are unaccustomed to pedestrians at crosswalks. These drivers, focused solely on finding a break in rush hour traffic long enough to turn onto the thoroughfare, will often complete the entire maneuver with [...]

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