LG&M in the Classroom

Although the home version of Lawyers, Guns and Money has run into snags at the design stage — for some reason, combining the principles of “Strat-o-Matic Baseball” with “Battleship” is more difficult than it sounds — I’m pleased to report that the classroom beta is working to perfection. Today, amid a discussion of the 1778 Franco-American treaty, one of my students cracked wise about la France and its quick surrender during World War II.

Reciting the major points of this post, however, I was able to deliver what another student later referred to as “the smackdown of the century.” Given that the century is only six years old, I can only take so much pride in my achievement — but it’s the little accomplishments in life that keep us all from leaping into traffic.