Jacob Christensen

Sunshine, warm weather – but not to warm – and a summer breeze to go with it.

Does anyone still believe that sports and politics aren’t connected?

Kieran Healy of Crooked Timber has finally found a tv set which will receive World Cup games and won’t rule out airstrikes on Italy – and rightly so: A country with a tradition for destructive soccer really deserves that – while Eugene Robertson of the Washington Post warns against invading Iran just for the moment.

Now that Denmark failed to qualify, I’m still trying to figure out if I should back Sweden (because I live there), Germany (because I’ll be visiting the place next week) or perhaps even Croatia (distant family ties).