Neil Young first introduced me to appellative “American” chauvinism. Someone (probably a Lynyrd Skynyrd fan) had accused the Canadian guitar god of not being American — as part of the flack Young took for writing and recording the song, “Southern Man.” Neil’s response was quick, pointed and apt: “I’m plenty American: North American.” Bad Bunny […]
Hal Phillips
Hal Phillips is author of “Sibling Rivalry: How Mexico and the U.S. Built the Most Contentious, Co-dependent Feud in World Soccer,” to be published by Bloomsbury in March 2026.
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It’s depth of choice that gilds this USMNT cohort
In assessing the inherent, overall quality of a golf course — not in comparison to another but on its own, in a vacuum — it’s helpful to start at the bottom: What’s the worst hole out there? Out of 18, how many objectively bad or fair-to-middling holes are there really? My digital media company serves […]