Out of Control

By Ed Stein | February 17th, 2010
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The Olympics are always a source of good metaphors, at least while they’re being broadcast, and people are familiar for two weeks with sports they never see anywhere else. I thought the poorly-designed luge track, scene of a fatal accident and a number of other training mishaps, was a fine choice for talking about Iran’s reckless rush to build the bomb.

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2 Responses to “Out of Control”

  1. Hemant Sreeraman says:

    Beautiful metaphor. Aptly captures a ’skids’ophrenic nation!

    - HS

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