At It Again

July 4th is the perfect opportunity to celebrate the United States victory over the English, but not just the one 233 years ago. Today Serena Williams won the Wimbledon Tennis Championships for the third time. Actually, she defeated her sister Venus in the final, so technically she defeated another American. "The Championships" (as they are called in London) are the most prestigious tennis tournament in the world. They have not, however, been won by a English person since Virginia Wade in 1977 and not by an English man since 1936, a source of great national embarrassment. Together, ten American women and five American men have won Wimbledon. Tomorrow, Andy Roddick attempts to become the sixth American man to win it by defeating Swiss born and number two world-ranked Roger Federer.