There is a lot to criticize about the widely mocked Blue Square Alliance Super Bowl ad. In it, two bullies knock into David, a Jewish boy, and attach to his backpack a yellow sticky note with the word

Almost a quarter century ago, in the second year of George W. Bush's miserable presidency, a campaign was launched to draft Bruce Springsteen as a candidate for one of New Jersey's US Senate seats. Polls showed Springsteen would be a viable contender, and volunteers were ready to circulate the petitions, put his name on the ballot and send the Boss to Washington.