I’m a fan of the (again pitiable) New Orleans Saints. Further, despite living for most of my adult life in the DC area, I’ve never much liked Washington, DC’s, NFL franchise. And when the Washington Redskins changed their name a few years ago to the Washington Commanders, my dislike of DC’s professional football team only intensified: I detest the mindless wokeness of that move and sensed that, should the team restore its previous name, I might come actually to cheer for it from time to time.
I’d applaud the new owners of the franchise if they chose to restore the old name “Redskins,” but my applause for them would be even more enthusiastic if they resist the obnoxious, officious, and utterly inappropriate demand issued by the president of the executive branch of the U.S. government to restore the name “Redskins.”
Evidence, of course, is superabundant that Trump has no respect for the rule of law – that Trump thinks that his power is unbounded – that Trump is instinctively authoritarian. But his attempt now to interfere in a matter that is none of his business, either personally or institutionally, underlines the man’s contempt for property rights and limited government.
