Fading Friday Night Lights?
Now that football season is almost over, with my Patriots back in the New England Invitational, against the Seattle Seahawks next Sunday, and with high school football currently in the rear view mirror looking earnestly to next fall, I thought it might be a good time to raise a glass to all of my friends who played the gridiron game in high school. But first, a little history lesson! An old friend accused me of being verbose. I think it was meant kindly, but you never know! Anyway, I wouldn’t want to let her down. And away we go! In the ancien regime , people were famously divided into three classes: those who fight, those who pray, and those who work. That world was dissolved in a bubbling brew of revolution and Enlightenment ideals, which may be for the best, because I can’t say that serfdom particularly appeals to me. But sometimes it’s helpful to look back and consider which aspects of older societies are worth recovering. Here is one thing I admire...