You have to roll your eyes a bit as the Washington Post describes the Super Bowl as “chaste” last night. The paper carries several exasperated yawns about “sexagenarian” Paul McCartney performing. But the great thing about it is how it put the focus properly on the football. That’s what the NFL needed to do this year, after tarting up its proceedings with Britney Spears and Nicolette Sheridan with Terrell Owens. Oh, and Alicia Keys singing “America the Beautiful” was terrific, in case you missed it.

PS: Feminists watching last night probably grew grumpy at the National Anthem, sung by an amalgamation of service-academy choirs. The female singers didn’t get their voices into the song until the last line (which repeated).