Via Doug Henwood, BHL on Zidane

In a bit of overblown prose, Bernard Henri-Levy , like me, has tried to make sense of the Zidane affair -- calling Zidane the "super Achilles." BHL has never been known for his linguistic restraint. It's amusing to see him describe the head-butt the apotheosis of the mortal Zidane. It's an oxymoron...very, um Shakespearan, but why does BHL think that this soccer superstar will be the future mayor of Marseille? Does he know something we don't know? In the interviews with French television, Zidane said he was going back to Marseille to play soccer with his old friends in the neighborhood, but maybe that is just code for "I'm going to stage a political campaign to be mayor of Marseille."

We're headed to New York, escaping the heat wave here for the heat wave there. I'll work on toning down my soccer obsession with heavy doses of reality.