(Opinion) The late first-century Roman poet Juvenal is believed to have invented the ‘bread and circuses’ exhortation that provided a palliative distraction for the common people from the more serious events in the empire.
Friday night’s extraordinary US Open third-round tennis match between Serena Williams, perhaps the greatest player of modern times, and Ajla Tomljanović, an elegant Croatian-Australian ranked 38th in the world, could our ‘circus’ has been quite good, completely blowing our minds. the troubles of the world.
Fortunately, sports can do that for us. Watching a major sporting event gives us the opportunity to decide. . .
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