Curtis: There’s a joke that when I die, all my friends are going to order a white-on-white hand towel, put it over their shoulder and wear it to my funeral.

“The fascists depend on fear,” as Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz put it over the weekend.

Drawing from traditional psychotherapy practices, therapists focused mostly on helping distressed couples communicate more effectively, delve into their upbringings and “negotiate and bargain,” as Dr. Johnson put it, over divisive issues like parenting, sex and household chores.

Smith thinks the playoffs are tough enough already, arguably the most physically taxing and grueling route to a title in sports, and adding games would put it over the edge.

“Had they simply consulted with the community and myself and other representatives, we would’ve told them, ‘Take your money and put it over here.’”