Watching the not-blameless Olympics

Every Olympiad is tarnished. So can we comfortably watch?

As Justin Peters write for Slate:

China’s human rights record matters. The dire circumstances under which the Beijing Olympics are being held matter. But the Games themselves matter, too, albeit in a different way—and they matter enough to merit coverage. The challenge will be to cover every aspect of the Beijing Games, and to not get carried away by the…