Ancient War Goblin Henry Kissinger Defends Olympics In Los Angeles Times
by David Roth from Deadspin > Sports News Without Fear, Favor or Compromise on (#4J2VW)

Every global-scale sporting event exists in a strange standoff with itself. On one side is the inevitable bloat and graft and soul-deep cynicism that animates every such event-the neighborhoods flattened or surveilled or otherwise punished for sitting where a stadium is supposed to be, the bribery and waste and stupid"