It's good to be King

So last night, the question every living man, woman and child was answered. LeBron James is going to Miami.

It struck me as kind of weird. The guy had his own TV special -- of course, donating the proceeds to the Boys and Girls Clubs -- to announce that he was going to be paid more money than God to play basketball.

This at a time when working men and woman are struggling to keep up and millions of our fellow citizens can't find jobs.

And you have to feel bad for the city of Cleveland. LeBron, near as I can tell, is 90 percent of the city's economy.

Now, I don't begrudge LeBron for taking the money. If that's what the Miami Heat wants to pay him, more power to him. But it just struck me as decadent that the entire world seemed to be orbiting this multi-millionaire. I'm sure LeBron is a decent enough guy and he seems like a good person. But still...

We're becoming the ancient Romans. Our circuses, though, are pretty cool.