Put aside, for a moment, this military disaster that is now in the course of manufacture in the "AfPak" theater of unwinnable wars.
Now, in the course of a day's drive, I found myself suddenly among people who spoke immaculate English, had cousins in Birmingham, took milk in their tea and knew all the latest cricket scores.
Now in the course of their daily work, they stumble across something that is completely unrelated to their work in any sense.
Fortunately for Brown, this all plays off his expansive programmatic reform agenda in California, which is now in mid-course.
With the new curriculum now in place, courses are being developed and/or transformed to incorporate carefully designed activities to promote learning.
He won The Open five times between 1894 and 1913, co-founded and chaired the first PGA, and is considered to be the inventor of the dogleg feature now used in courses throughout the world.
The circuit's managing director, Christopher Tate, said: "The position we are now in is of course frustrating and uncomfortable for all concerned.
The second leg down in the secular bear market I believe we are now in was, of course, triggered by the collapse of subprime mortgages and the financial crisis it spawned, starting in early 2007.
"What has happened now in honors literature courses, the teachers are not able to keep up with 300 students, so they'll just cut curriculum.
Now, of course, in Dr. Feinberg's office, I suspended my disbelief.
