World Cup soccer: little ado about nothing

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With Americans deeply divided on so many issues, let us give thanks for the unifying influence of World Cup soccer: An overwhelming majority of adults in this country share a common disinterest in the whole shebang. A Rasmussen Reports poll found 78 percent of respondents saying they’re paying little if any attention to the action. Conversely, just 9 percent of men and 3 percent of women said they’re following it very closely. (And since the polling was fielded before the U.S.

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