None of my fallacious predictions bother me, but I am haunted by the articles I never wrote. In late November 2016, I hemmed and hawed on writing about LeBron James, Phil Jackson, and The King’s indigence over the Zen Master’s “posse” comments. My premise was to be that LeBron’s issue with Phil’s diction represented a larger problem: that LeBron’s and the left of center NBA’s quibbling over word choice echoed the American political left’s infighting, strategic failures, and complete inability to comprehend and prioritize real world problems. “Grow a thicker skin, and stop fighting with innocuous old men,” would have been my stance.