Arent you supposed to be soaking it all in while deep sphincter breathing so you can be one with the show—giving the very best of your musical self to the ensemble?

Kaft Foods, eh? Robert Kraft was a paper magnate turned team owner. The New England Patriots are the core business. He has nothing to do with Kraft Foods. If he did he’d be the owner of the Detroit Lions. Massachusetts is also the most democratic state in the US (or top 3 now, anyhow) and believe it or not, Pats fans…

Hang on, there. While it’s true that there are a long of undereducated racist knucklehead Pat’s fans, New England is also a place where you will find as many progressives as aywhere who would LOVE to see a Kap with the Pats not just because they think it would be an important and sybolic gesture about race inequality…

...as the father of two daughters (and two ex-wives)...

I would be curious to know where holiday inn express stands in this lineup. I stay in hotels often enough. Probably 40 per year. And I have made a practice of paying attention to things that I actually care about vs. that we perceive or imagine we care about.