If you’re going to write “Yankees suck,” by all means, turn it into a vocabulary lesson

If you’re going to write “Yankees suck,” by all means, turn it into a vocabulary lesson

ByJosh Bernoff

The analytical thinker (and writer) must soberly use facts to argue the case for the truth. But if you hate the Yankees — just viscerally hate them — and you’re literary enough, you can throw that out the window. That’s what David Bentley Hart did in his New York Times opinion piece. Here’s how it starts:…

Getting past the “Yankees suck” school of political discourse

Getting past the “Yankees suck” school of political discourse

ByJosh Bernoff

Red Sox fans are wicked biased — anything their team does is right, anything the other team does (especially the Yankees) is terrible. This is barely acceptable for sports. It’s a terrible model for politics. But it’s the model millions of voters appear to be stuck in. I call this the “Yankees suck” school of political…