ARTICLE: “For Americans, It Can Pay to Play in Iran’s Court: Imports Pump Up Basketball’s Popularity,” by Karl Vick, Washington Post, 10 February 2006, p. A1.

OP-ED: “Driving Toward Middle East Nukes in Our S.U.V.’s: From the gas pump to Iran’s pockets,” by Thomas L. Friedman, New York Times, 10 February 2006, p. A27.

Friedman's gotta get on this whole basketball thing. I think he's missing something big here.

Seriously, I think he's finally beginning to connect the dots in a cool, Michael Moorish sort of way.