Learning a lesson from US dilemma

Among the many newsletters I subscribe to — The New Taxidermy, The Modern Man’s Guide to Panache — is The New Yorker’s daily offering, which never fails to uplift, educate, and spell out the pressing concerns of the Manhattan middle class, writes Michael Moynihan.

Ben McGrath of that magazine had a thought-provoking piece last week on sports rules, and more specifically, the driving impulse to change rules in American sports.

Some of the instances cited were eerily familiar — his starting point was the retirement of ice hockey keeper Martin Brodeur, whose particular skills led to redrawing of NHL legislation.