March Madness

Aw yes, it’s that time of year, the time when the nations fancy turns to that magnificent distraction. The time when from main street to wall street, from the water cooler to the White House we all descend into that sweet annual insanity commonly called “March Madness.”

Now being from Kentucky and specifically Louisville, this year’s strain of madness is unusually potent due to the Louisville Cardinals being ranked number one overall in the tournament, a first for the two-time national champs, another first in this season of first.

So, we can all be distracted, however briefly from the monumental issues we face as a nation. Because, lets face it we as Americans have very short attention spans. We have developed what I like to call microwave mentalities, in other words we want what we want when we want it or we become board very quickly.

So the NCAA annual bash is a timely respite for a nation weary from a torrent of ever increasingly bad news and bi-partisan politics. Thank you God for the “Big Dance” and all its delightful distractions brought to us through the activities of our children. Yes I know these are young men and women but as I look at this through eyes that scene more than fifty years, I take the liberty of calling them children. Thank you God for an opportunity to have a national time-out or even better a national Calgone moment however brief the timing could not have been better.