Even more disturbing is the view of one veteran observer of sport Down Under who interrupted his coverage of the Open to report that the news from Lord's was unlikely to provoke too much outrage back home.
In his mission statement, the satellite channel's managing director, Barney Francis, announced "exciting plans to take coverage of the Open to the next level across our TV, mobile and digital outlets".
Yet, in a country where pretty much everyone has trash pickup and K-12 schooling for the kids, we've been reluctant to address our Second World War mistake and establish a basic system of health-care coverage that's open to all.
The C block is also attractive because it could provide national coverage and is open to virtually any kind of use.
The Medicare hearing was rescheduled, and by June, Mr. De La Cruz had won his long-awaited coverage, opening the door to a heart transplant center.
Writers calling for a UN digital charter, child pornography, cyber terrorism and theft, rural broadband coverage, open internet standards, privacy, spam, net neutrality etc.
On his desk lay a copy of The New York Times open to coverage of the primary election under way that last morning, Sept. 11.
The New York program, Elderly Pharmaceutical Insurance Coverage, or EPIC, is open to people with annual incomes of $35,000 or less and couples with incomes of $50,000 or less -- about four times the poverty level.
Many millions of us have coverage that is inadequate, and almost all of us live with the well-founded fear that unemployment, a change of job, or striking out on one's own to freelance or start a business could cost us our coverage and leave us open to medical and financial catastrophe.
The President's trip to China shows that television coverage opens a new field of action to men in power.
