After Sunday's USA/Canada hockey game the web swelled with patriotic strutting, one-upmanship and friendly chiding. Americans find a unique pleasure in defeating Canadians in hockey, and our neighbors to the north are uncharacteristically proud and sensitive when it comes to their national sport. Amidst the post game chatter I'm drawn to the underlying dialogue, the familiar and yet surprisingly unfamiliar relationship that exists between us. Tom Brokaw's mini-expose which aired on NBC before the opening ceremonies is an intriguing fragment of this dialogue.
