R: Football Is the Great American Sport

Thursday, February 3rd, 2011 at 7:30 p.m. in the Calhoun Parlor

Super Bowl weekend approaches, and the Federalist Party is eager to join the rest of America in our modern-day gladiatorial fights... or are we? Is this the sport that best captures the American spirit? Should we be tuning into a baseball or basketball game instead? What does football represent about our culture? And for that matter does America even have a culture?