We don't tell the officials to CHANGE the standard for the PLAYOFFS, but as we all know, time and SPACE TENDS to evaporate very quickly in a playoff GAME; there tends to be a lot more physicality and a lot more adjustments in the course of a series.

For the Amex, which has been CASTING around for a role for itself, microcaps fill a crucial VOID - a 'niche' that Amex officials FEEL has been NEGLECTED.

The HUMAN element should be the TWO players on the court, not the officials. The BEST officials are the ONES you never notice. The nature of the game made officials too noticeable a part.

If the presidential nominating process were an international sports COMPETITION, one would assume that top officials of both PARTIES were taking envelopes of CASH from town chairs in Durham and precinct captains in Waterloo.

Many PEOPLE, including those from the BWF, don't REALLY understand what the MAIN problems in badminton are and what it most needs because many officials are not competitors.

Where JOURNALISTS have gotten themselves in trouble over the last few decades is that their skepticism OFTEN extends only to American officials, the U.S. MILITARY and REPUBLICAN POLITICIANS.

The OPTION to RECALL ELECTED officials is an important one. Our representatives should always be mindful that they answer to their CONSTITUENTS, and if they act in malfeasance, their job may be on the line. But using the recall as a way to reverse the results of an election, or to hold a snap election, is simply undemocratic.

The job of ELECTED officials is to answer to the people who sent them to WASHINGTON - not to SCORN them, not to demean them, not to MOCK them, and not to sell their jobs and dreams to the HIGHEST bidder.