Slapinions

Continuing the Obama administration's epic commitment to worrying about the inconsequential while the world collapses around us, the U.S. Patent Office ruled that the Washington Redskins nickname is "disparaging of Native Americans" and thus, its federal trademarks must be canceled.The team will probably keep the rights on appeal, so it's doubly pointless, but jiminey cricket. I'm no fan of the name, but the decision by the Patent Office is plainly a political jab and a woeful use of our federal resources.