On January 1st, I joined a crowd of just over 105,000 people for a hockey game in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The greatest team in professional sports history, The Detroit Red Wings, was there to confront a group of Canadian wannabes who call themselves the Toronto Maple Leafs. The event was held outdoors, in a blizzard, in the University of Michigan's "Big House" stadium. Sadly, the Wings lost. Sadder still, there were more people in the stands that day than there were jobs added to the national economy in the entire month prior.
