Mental Illness is One Thing, Madness is Another

Stop the Madness

Early Outdoor Basketball Game, 1892

I have many role models, but two of them are of the negative type: people who have made mistakes I want to avoid. The first is James Nasmith, the inventor of the game of basketball; the second is Thomas Jefferson.

The reason I don’t want to be like Nasmith is not because he invented basketball. B’ball is a wonderful sport. I…