Some thoughts:

The MLB talks are missing the most important contingent at the table—the fans. As the owners and players bargain for their fair share of the greed, they are counting on the fact that no matter how much the cost of attending a game is, the fans will pay. And they’re probably right.

Under duress, I watched the SAG awards. As expected, it was a self-aggrandizing mini-spectacle with thank-you speeches extolling misunderstood and under-appreciated actors who are the story tellers of the world. Dressed to the nines, many women in gowns that were an inch from a wardrobe malfunction, Fran Dresser talked about the SAG programs against sexual harassment. The heartfelt prayers and concern for Ukraine seemed empty when the cost of the clothes, shoes, jewelry and design and production of this event could probably pay for an air force for Ukraine.

We need a Museum of Human Shame, probably located in The Hague. A carefully chosen set of curators would select inductees. Each inductee would have a display detailing their inhumanity. There would be a means to record and collect visitor comments. Each display would have the inductee hung in effigy. Entry would be free.