On Las Vegas and America

Sin City is becoming more like everywhere else, and vice-versa. That's good for Vegas and bad for the United States

But it’s a dry civilizational collapse.

Last week I flew to Las Vegas to play in “The Main” - the signature event of the World Series of Poker, where players put down $10,000 to seek a first prize that this year is $12.1 million.

The tournament is still going, without me. I finished about 1600th of the 10,043 players, just short of the money line. (I didn…