Hotheads

Here we go again. I read that over the past two weeks about a dozen soldiers at Army bases in North Carolina and in Texas were hospitalized in critical condition after their ten-to-fifteen-miles "practice" hikes in 100-degree heat. And a few more high-school football players in a few states collapsed in the same condition during their "practice" sessions in 100-degree heat. I guess the soldiers are practicing for the present or the next war in the next foreign country into which the U.S. government will intrude itself. I guess the football players are practicing for their next war which they call the football season. I hope the all those players and their coaches will not be dismayed, that they continue toughening up with these practice sessions, so that the boys can continue their helmeted mission in a different uniform---but still in 100-degree heat.