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Greatly enjoying that new Kauffman book. Some more great passages:

"[Al] Davis, as commissioner of the AFL, hired ex-Buffalo Evening News sportswriter Jack Horrigan as his PR man. When Horrigan was diagnosed with leukemia, writes Felser, 'Davis, a Jew, bought a votive candle in a Catholic religious supply store. Back in his office, he lit the candle as a devotion, a prayer in flame–a Catholic custom. When the office was about to close that evening, a cleaning lady informed him it was against building policy to leave a burning candle unattended. Davis took off his coat and stayed the night.'"

"Conversation is the casualty in the empire of noise."

"Merle was right. A Cold War and a paternalistic state have sapped our manly energy, left us a pitiful, bullying nation whose belleslettrists resemble the limp villains sketched so acidulously by Populist hero Tom Watson: 'lolly-pops, vegetarians, grape-juicers, and sissy-boys.'"

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