I am often criticized for obtuseness, and I like to think of myself as not very bright, as an asker of dumb questions, the stupider the better. The stupid question I have about the letter above is to whom is it addressed? If it was truly addressed to Mr. Henson, it's authors might have printed it out, put it in a stamped envelope, and sent it to Mr. H. through the US Mail. But they didn't do that. Who really is the intended recipient of that letter? The public? The fact is, the public doesn'...

By the way, given the long term effects of Pro Football on the health of those who play it, it would make far more sense to dedicate the revenues from any sports memorabilia tax to the Mayo project, not the stadium.

The Vikings Stadium is kind of a Rorschach Test where people see in it what they want to see. Some folks think of it as a facility that is used by people who physically attend games there. I see it that way sometimes too. But different people see it differently at different times, and at different stages of the process. I think Zygi has a tendency to think of it as one component of a real estate development, or as a set of luxury boxes near a football field. I often think of these kinds of...

This is one of those pieces about which if I were the editor, I would say, don't describe what you are thinking, tell us what you think. I yield to no one in my disgust for politicians, but I just don't think that it's all their fault. I do agree that American business has become excessively risk averse, something that's entirely understandable given the recent history of our economy. We have become frightened of the future, something that manifests itself in our political discourse in a...