300 Words on ... El Clasico
And thus concludes the sloppiest Barcelona–Real Madrid match in recent memory
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New feature alert! I’m calling this “300 Words On ...” Think of it as a vehicle for quick reactions to things that warrant them or topics I wouldn’t be able to touch on otherwise. Brevity is the soul of wit and all that -- my other columns have frequently pushed or exceeded 3000 words -- so I’m leaving the word count in the name as a form of editorial h…