Another Brick in Hadrian's Wall

IN yet another sign that America has both Classical Roman ambition and Romanintic lack of intellectual honest vision the Washington Nationals made their debut in DC last Thursday.

During the game WTOP radio reprted that a "who's Who" of Washington was taking in the game. The two Connecticut Senators were sitting at level (a couple of rich white guys). The president (a rich white guy) never one to stray from his role as a vacant figurehead threw out the first pitch. If Bush does it it must be ceremonial.

I had heard on the radio that morning that Tony Kornheiser (rich orange guy) would be at the game. Monday's Washington Post had his musings from both the first and second games.

The complaints were that the ATM system was slowed and later crashed, and that there were not enough weiners to eat in the upper reaches of RFK.

The good news is that the gladiators in this case were not killing each other, they played a gentleman's game. Also though many would be considered minorities in this nations they are notslaves as they were in the days of Rome, they are well paid.

Is this progress?