It's a common theme of mine that the American spirit is growing steadily weaker. One way in which we see that is the propensity to become hysterical at the least provocation, the proverbial elephant afraid of the mouse. Witness the ongoing hysteria over the mosquito-borne Zika virus.
The latest victim is the impoverished U.S. territory of Puerto Rico, which has struck out with Major League Baseball. A two-game series scheduled for the territory is being moved to Miami. Why? The Major League Baseball Players Union put a squeeze play on Commissioner of Baseball Rob Manfred to relocate the games, scheduled for the end of May, after several players expressed fears about getting and possibly transmitting the Zika virus.