We’re the NFL. We don’t have to care.

Date: 26 Sep 2012 | posted in: From the Desk of David Morris, The Public Good | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Watching professional football these days reminds me of Lily Tomlin’s Ernestine the telephone operator on Saturday Night Live and her famous punch line, “We don’t care.  We don’t have to.  We’re the phone company.” Or in this case the National Football League.  For those who don’t follow football, let me bring you up to date.  In … Read More

Is the Super Bowl a Socialist Enterprise?

Date: 9 Jan 2012 | posted in: From the Desk of David Morris, The Public Good | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Is the Super Bowl a socialist enterprise?  Yes the language is provocative but not, I believe, inappropriate.  After all Indiana, the site of the next Super Bowl,  is currently governed by those who insist government should play a minimal role and the word they, and their Republican counterparts around the country  use to describe those who … Read More

The Superbowl Is Over. Now The Real Battle Begins

Date: 11 Feb 2011 | posted in: From the Desk of David Morris, The Public Good | 3 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Dear football fan, The Superbowl is over. But the real combat is just beginning.  This time it’s not Packers v. Steelers.  It’s Workers v. Bosses.  And for thousands of workers and millions of fans, this is the game that counts. In the game of football, the rules favor neither side.  And they are enforced.  Each team … Read More