While the teams are making late preparations, so are we. They’ve assessed their health–who can go and who can’t, how they match up with their opponent, what works and what doesn’t and how they see it all unfolding. Simultaneously, we have pondered our menu, checked on available ingredients, what goes with what and what doesn’t, matched up main dishes with sides, and also assessed what works and what doesn’t and how we see it all unfolding…

In keeping with our fearless theme, as fearless as the Comfort Brothers are in the kitchen, we are equally fearless in discussing the topics of the day, including the two as verboten as putting ketchup on a hot dog: religion and politics. So let’s talk some global warming. When you’re cooking, particularly professionally, acting on what you think as opposed to what you know can be risky. Same, in my view, when it comes to public policy and changing the world.