Silver takes on Sterling in NBA racism row

These United States of America have been dealing with a doozie of a week when it comes to the long, ongoing tension between the races.

I was late to the story of the cattle rancher in Nevada by the name of Cliven Bundy who, for 20 years, flouted Federal rules about public land — which he didn’t own and never would — being off-limit to his poor innocent cows.

I was mainly late to the story because the paranoia of government-hating extremists blunt my worldview and make me despair. I could have happily gone through my days without knowing Cliven Bundy existed.