Balls, balls, balls. Good grief. 

Everywhere I look, people on both sides are talking about “their guy” having balls.  Back in my day, this kind of slang was considered rude and inappropriate in formal discussions of international politics—shoot, maybe it still was three months ago. But I digress.

The phrase "having balls" suggests courage is a guy thing, tying bravery to testosterone and anatomy.

 Of course, testosterone can play a role in dominance and risk-taking, but courage isn’t about biolog…

“He stood at the window of the empty cafe and watched the activites in the square and he said that it was good that God kept the truths of life from the young as they were starting out or else they'd have no heart to start at all.”― Cormac McCarthy