By Jay Fitzgerald – A blog about Boston, Hub of the Universe, and everything else.


The Patriot Games, explained


Reading this article by the Atlantic’s Matt Viser (formerly of the Globe) about the just completed Patriot Games, my mind drifted to the old black-and-white films of German youth exercising in the 1930s for their glorious leader. … I know, I know. I normally hate heavy-handed Hitler analogies, particularly heavy-handed Hitler analogies by the Atlantic. But can I help where my History Channel-infused mind takes me?

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