Another season of tackling and blocking is almost over. In a series of essays published here in 2021, I explained how the autumnal ritual of American football and mass fire warfare produce the same characteristic form of brain injury. This is not really an accident, for the game has always been a cultural celebration of the values and tactics of modern …
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