Selected Aphorisms #4

The fourth installment in our arresting new series.

In times of so-called national crisis it’s the sports talk radio hosts, of all people, who implore me to consider what’s really important, who scramble to dismiss sport as “mere diversion.” I’ll admit it, their exhortations are persuasive. In particular, they’ve convinced me of one thing above all others: that sports talk radio hosts are the last people to consult – with the exception, perhaps, of pedophiles and certain Illinois governors – in matters of moral import.