Again, Caitlin Clark

I do not watch basketball.  I do like to see Cailin Clark in action, and also the Fever, generally.  Other teams may be as fun and entertaining, but not as fun to watch as the Fever for me, because I happen to be familiar with them.  Because Facebook (or Meta, or whoever) knows I like to watch clips of them, I get shown a lot of those clips, just because, you know, the algorithm!

But you know, those women seem to me, sweeter and gentler than most of us; they aren't vicious, they are quick to smile, they're articulate (that is, they find the right words to explain what they're thinking effortlessly), and generous spirited and tactful.  How did this happen?

I think it is because they're well-paid, well appreciated, and respected.  There's little or no prejudice or racism (that I can see, anyway) when they're playing; they pass to the best one they can spot, while playing, who can do the job at the moment.  They get angry, they get mad, they're briefly mean to their opponents, but I don't see it getting dragged out too long.  (Of course, we're not courtside, so we don't see everything that's to be seen.)

Has Caitlin Clark (and Stephanie White, and everybody) made basketball great again—MBGA?

Well, I'm leaving it there. 

Let's look at MAGA.  Without giving Trump too much credit, I have to admit that that slogan: Make America Great Again, is really very clever.  There's absolutely no guarantee that everyone in the movement—the GOP, the Tea Party—are thinking of the same aspects of former greatness at all!  Some of them are thinking: when there were fewer Mexicans around.  Some are thinking: when we had more disposable income.  Some are thinking: when people were nicer to each other.  (Some are obviously thinking: when it was easier to find innocent little girls to play with, too.)  And some are definitely thinking: before Obama showed them that a black president was a good idea.  (Obama really broke Trump.  Unfortunately, not enough, and not for good.)

Let's face it: halfway decent people are nice and kind, and tactful, and generous and forgiving, if they're well paid.  Now that big business has taken most of our money away, obviously we're all squabbling for what's left, and not in the mood to be nice.  So Bernie Sanders has got something.  It's not just Communism; it's a more equitable distribution of wealth.