Watching Chris Paul and James Harden repeatedly pretend to be fouled by each other on the same play during last year’s playoff series was so embarrassing and irritating. I hate the way they both play.

It is actually “ill-educated” to conflate early twentieth century American progressivism with European fascism. So much so, that I feel “incredulous” when people do it.

Of course there were provocations. Like the oil embargo. And the American people were not attacked. A military base on a colonial possession 2400 miles away from the United States was attacked.