The Corner

Team Usa

The Americans didn’t do too well in Olympic hockey this time around. But in the gold-medal game between Finland and Sweden — they’re playing right now! — the Swedish goalie has a picture of the Statue of Liberty on his blue-and-yellow mask. That’s because in his real life Henrik Lundqvist is a member of the New York Rangers, which uses Lady Liberty in its logo. Still, he’s playing for Team Sweden at the moment and rather than a picture of a Viking longship he’s got a symbol of America on his mask. Nice touch. I wonder if any Europeans are pulling out their hair.

John J. Miller, the national correspondent for National Review and host of its Great Books podcast, is the director of the Dow Journalism Program at Hillsdale College. He is the author of A Gift of Freedom: How the John M. Olin Foundation Changed America.
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