He must, if he knows this for sure:
The near pathological competitiveness and narcissism of the greatest basketball player of all time is fairly well known . . .
An “in my opinion” might be in order, right? Unless he gets MJ mixed up with Lebron J.
In any case, I could find no media reference to what he says is fairly well known.
Has Zorn written about it? If so, “fairly well known” calls for more than that. Unless Z. has too high an opinion of himself. Perish the thought.
‘Swipe fees’ a hidden tax on the poor, most of all,
says Eric Zorn in Chi Trib, according to his columnar headline, which engages me not, mainly because I find myself distracted by a theme that pops uncontrolled into my head, namely that so many things are hidden taxes on poor and rich and us in between that I cannot count them. Start with inflationary spending and money-making, that is, printing of it, by federal govt.
It’s such an old issue that I hesitate to raise it in such august company as Eric Z., but inflation cheapens the money we have and we lose buying power, which I can safely aver is what the economy is all about. I surely missed Z’s earlier column about inflation and when I get a minute or two I will find it . . . .
‘Swipe fees’ a hidden tax on the poor, most of all,
says Eric Zorn in Chi Trib, according to his columnar headline, which engages me not, mainly because I find myself distracted by a theme that pops uncontrolled into my head, namely that so many things are hidden taxes on poor and rich and us in between that I cannot count them.
Start with inflationary spending and money-making, that is, printing of it, by federal govt. It’s such an old issue that I hesitate to raise it in such august company as Eric Z., but inflation cheapens the money we have and we lose buying power, which I can safely aver is what the economy is all about.
I surely missed Z’s earlier column about inflation and when I get a minute or two I will find it . . . .
Blithe Spirit 