The Super Bowl helps me to understand US politics. I reflect on how little I know or care about it - and then try to fix in mind that this is exactly the way the median voter thinks and feels about elections.

"The Bucks versus the Chefs you say?"

My late father - who did like football - used to tell a story of being in NYC over Super Bowl weekend. He had a brainwave: one of his favorite restaurants had a tourist section in the front - where he usually got seated - and a celebrity section in the back. He realized ...

... that if he went to dinner on Super Bowl night, he could probably tip the maitre d' to seat him in the celebrity section. But when he arrived, there was no need for a tip. The only two parties in the restaurant were him ... and Woody Allen. END