I loved looking outside in NYC and seeing people from every culture, talking every language, coming to see our fireworks. Everyone together, having a great time. That’s what America is really supposed to be. That’s the dream.

It’s hard to be proud of any historical figures... the more you know about them the worse they tend to fair relative to contemporary values. This is not to say no one did anything extraordinary relative to the context in which they lived... nor that they are necessarily unworthy of our remembrance. We take the bad…

On the 4th I like to celebrate the fact that monied white men wrote an independence document for themselves in (somewhat) universalist terms and therefore, despite their intentions otherwise, left the door open for the people they left out to fight for the same freedoms they only meant to grant themselves. That…

I’ll believe anything coming from a guy who thinks Boston is a state.

How about the not-insignificant amount of people who were celebrating both their racist ancestors and their racist contemporaries yesterday?

Serious question - what does one do with a “game used” towel? Do you frame it? Do you wash it? I barely know what to do with my regular towels.

Yeah, I agree - although it is on the fans to recognize the “relationship” dynamic (ie. their relationship is to an individuals appearance in the media, and on the court - someone they’ve usually never even spoken to) and act accordingly just as much as the players.

By ‘Boston trying busing’ I assume you mean they were under court order to do it after consistently ignoring a desegregation law passed by the Commonwealth in 1965, forcing a lawsuit by the NAACP in 1972.

He was just trying to imbue him with some ‘Merica, geez. He was basically asking it for wearing that outfit out in public

When was the last time someone was threatened with a cross burning in the south?

What a coincidence that the white guy goes to Boston...

Damon’s right.

(googles Boston Busing Riots) To be fair, those rocks being hurled at black schoolchildren WERE subtle.

Hopefully that fire doesn’t get out of hand. I don’t know how he’d be able to explain the damage to his wives.

He’s alright, sorry I mean all-white, so he’ll be fine.

Hey he’ll fit right in- he is white, after all.

I bet Hayward is just thrilled he doesn’t have to deal with any of this nonsense in Boston, where the only thing they burn is crosses.

Coaches were at a loss to explain whose fault the play was, since the players are all nice boys from good families.

“I remember when I had 14 home runs,” Morrison said. “That was a month and a half ago.”

Ridiculous. Obviously, Sagan’s elbow flicks out after Cavendish has already hit Sagan and it’s reflexive, not aggression.