There are very few things uglier than blind patriotism. To borrow a line from Irish playwright G.B.Shaw – who had been known to fling a ball or two at his local peach basket – it is your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you were born in it.
So in theory [...]

I know I know… I should have been blogging more on the Olympics. I actually haven’t caught that many games live. I watched the US dismantle Spain last night – they were super impressive – and I watched parts of the Australia – Russia match. In case anyone hasn’t seen it, Bogut finally came to [...]