Michael Tomasky: The little-know but sinister link between socialism and fear of opposable thumbs

Despite America's ignominious exit from la Copa Mundial, we're still kicking around, so to speak, the nature of the unhappy relationship between "soccer" and our glorious nation. There was the already famous New York Post headline from last Sunday, which you may have heard tell about it.

But now comes this theory, from former George Bush speechwriter Marc Thiessen:

Many years ago, my former White House colleague Bill McGurn pointed out to me the real reason soccer hasn't caught on in the good...