Weekend Links

I got bumped from a scheduled appearance on Australian Public Radio, but I will survive.  Some readin’:

• Peggy Noonan’s Dominican taxi driver deli guy pretends to share her positive views of Donald Trump, so clearly he’d be the best news for the Republican Party since Mitt Romney’s lawn signs.   This is certainly more important information than your phoney-baloney “public opinion data.”
• David Roberts on BothSidesDoItism in the tech community.
• The impossibility of separating race from class. 
• R.I.P. Al Arbour, one of the very greatest coaches in N.H.L. history. The 19 consecutive playoff series his teams won remains unfathomable.  
• Today in the Noble Ideals of Amateurism, now that some players are getting a small stipend one coach has a brilliant idea: take it back in fines! I can’t wait for the first NCAA coach who emulates bullying hazing rituals and makes the first-year players take the coaches to Ruth’s Chris and pick up the tab once a semester.