I am no card shark but I might take my chances playing a round of poker with the men who own National Football League teams. Bluff these billionaires and they fold like cheap rugs in humid weather.
No need to take my word. Just keep an eye on our president, Donald Trump, a man practiced at the art of bluff and provocation, racial and otherwise. On Monday he turned on its head a looming embarrassment — only a small number of the Super Bowl-champion Philadelphia Eagles were going to visit him in his White House. He launched a pre-emptive disinvitation, saying he had no desire to see the owner, the mascot and whatever players could be rounded up.