Letters 2025

9 February 2025

Subject: Don't Keep Your Eye On the Ball

I hate sports generally, but I hate them even more during these troubled times. Why? Because they have become an impediment to reason. While I am watching Morning Joe to learn about the latest attacks on Democracy, the newest appointments of unqualified cabinet members, the latest firings of veteran government employees for just doing their job, when suddenly the serious newscasters get all giddy about sports. Joe himself now has a moronic grin as he lists his who-cares favorites in the who-cares Super Bowl. And his equally gushy gang follows suit. What happen to the crisis in our government that was so serious? Why are you all acting like teen-agers? What will become of our country seems less important than who will win a meaningless, forgettable game that only the wealthy can attend and millions will watch in mostly drunken joy while being brainwashed to adore the commercials. And this football fever will continue the entire weekend, while our nation, our history, our future --which demands constant care and attention-- is forgotten for the day and ebbs even further away to the sounds of cheering fans.

Allan

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