Posts Tagged ‘World Cup’
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The Political Implications of the World Cup
Posted on July 3, 2014
A friend of mine, let’s call him Paul, hates soccer and didn’t watch a second of the World Cup. He is not particularly alone. Ann Coulter, that modicum of balance...
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Brazil
Posted on September 22, 2011
It has been a long time since the girl from Ipanema captured the imaginations of the American people. But Brazil these days is more than just a bunch of pretty...
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Blood and Iron
Posted on July 7, 2010
The nature of national identity came to my mind as I watched the World Cup yesterday. South Africa is hosting the soccer tournament, the first time an African nation has...
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Friday Musings
Posted on June 11, 2010
It is an overdone cliché to thank the good Lord for Friday, but this has been a particularly long week, so stringing a coherent column together might be beyond my...
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