“Drawing is one of those things which sit on the uneasy bending line between instinct and instruction, where seeming perversity eventually trumps pleasure as the card players and the kibitzers interact and new thrills are sought.” LinesPleasurePlayerRiskTrumpInstinctDrawingCardsInstructionSeemingUneasyBendingPerversity Author:Adam Gopnik
“In a nation committed to better living through chemistry - where Viagra-enabled men pursue silicone-contoured women - the national pastime has a problem of illicit chemical enhancement. Steroids threaten the health of the 5 percent to 7 percent of players proved, by a mild regime of scheduled tests, to be using them. Steroids also endanger emulative young people. Further, steroids subvert what baseball is selling - fair competition. And they strike at the pleasure of engagement with America's team sport with the longest history.” PeopleMenProblemAmericaYoungNationsSportsPleasurePlayerTeamPercentFairsTestsBaseballCompetitionCommittedStrikesSellingPursueChemistryChemicalsEngagementRegimesPastimeSports TeamSteroidEnhancementViagra Book:One Man's America: The Pleasures and Provocations of Our Singular Nation Source: One Man's America: The Pleasures and Provocations of Our Singular Nation