Walt Amses: Super Risky Bowl

Editor’s note: Walt Amses is a writer and former educator who lives in Calais.
While the New England Patriots and Philadelphia Eagles have been practicing for a game that may very well eventually kill them, millions of Americans have been preparing to consume enough calories, cholesterol, sodium and alcohol to contribute to their own untimely deaths as well. Fair is fair after all, and it’s heartening that the expectation for modern day gladiators to risk their lives for our entertai