In Asia Times, John Parker writes: "All across the globe, from Sydney to Siberia, from Quebec to Patagonia, there is one sporting obsession that unifies the entire human race. Young and old, male and female, black, white and every shade in between, there is one pleasurable activity that unifies them all.

"I'm speaking, of course, about America-bashing. (Why, did you think I was talking about something else?) "