ESPN’s “Tuesday Morning Quarterback” (and Brookings Institution senior fellow), Gregg Easterbrook:

President Barack Obama said today he was “shocked and saddened” by rising unemployment among NFL offensive coordinators. “This is the worst job loss by NFL assistant coaches since the Great Depression,” Obama declared. The president announced a $746 trillion program to train former steelworkers to become offensive coordinators. The president also said White House adviser Van Jones, who resigned over the weekend after it was revealed he had signed a petition praising Santa Anna for capturing the Alamo, would become head of a new Green Coaches Initiative. The program, to cost $288 trillion, will put fired offensive coordinators to work building solar collectors and mulch recycling centers.

As I’ve said before, I don’t agree with Easterbrook on everything, but he consistently asks excellent public-policy questions in the course of providing testosterone-friendly entertainment.