Every empire has its equivalent of bread and circus – the combination of welfare provision and communal entertainment that buys off the public’s acceptance of the status quo – but few do the circus bit with as much pizzazz or production value as the United States. And in America, no show is as big as professional football’s Super Bowl. From the
In Coke We Trust
We may mock conservatives over their silly reaction to the Coca-Cola ad, but we would also be fools to miss the much larger undercurrents of fear and uneasiness their overreaction represents.