Posts Tagged ‘World Cup’
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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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...
Read StoryBlood 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...
Read StoryFriday 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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