One of the big sports stories of the year was the Detroit Pistons' amazing upset of the formidable LA Lakers in the NBA championship series. Paul Richards, veteran Democratic Party activist and onetime member of the Montana House of Representatives, thinks the Pistons' win has lessons for his party in this November's battle.
What I Learned From the NBA Finals(Detroit Pistons 4-1 over the Los Angeles Lakers)* That ordinary guys who get in shape, hustle and persevere can win* That blue collar workers playing pristine ball can upset spoiled rich prima donnas* That reality can outshine glitter, despite all the PR to the contrary* That dynasties can fail and storied empires fall* That radical restructuring can occur at a moment's notice* That hard work, courage and initiative can create windows of opportunity* That if we play cohesively as a team and contest every single possession, we can dominate* That, given the above, domestic regime change is inevitableKatrina vanden Heuvel
One of the big sports stories of the year was the Detroit Pistons’ amazing upset of the formidable LA Lakers in the NBA championship series. Paul Richards, veteran Democratic Party activist and onetime member of the Montana House of Representatives, thinks the Pistons’ win has lessons for his party in this November’s battle.
What I Learned From the NBA Finals(Detroit Pistons 4-1 over the Los Angeles Lakers)
* That ordinary guys who get in shape, hustle and persevere can win
* That blue collar workers playing pristine ball can upset spoiled rich prima donnas
* That reality can outshine glitter, despite all the PR to the contrary
* That dynasties can fail and storied empires fall
* That radical restructuring can occur at a moment’s notice
* That hard work, courage and initiative can create windows of opportunity
* That if we play cohesively as a team and contest every single possession, we can dominate
* That, given the above, domestic regime change is inevitable
Katrina vanden HeuvelTwitterKatrina vanden Heuvel is editor and publisher of The Nation, America’s leading source of progressive politics and culture. An expert on international affairs and US politics, she is an award-winning columnist and frequent contributor to The Guardian. Vanden Heuvel is the author of several books, including The Change I Believe In: Fighting for Progress in The Age of Obama, and co-author (with Stephen F. Cohen) of Voices of Glasnost: Interviews with Gorbachev’s Reformers.