One of the surer things in life is that somewhere in the cycle of every news story, and I do mean every news story, there will sooner or later be an ambitious attempt by conservative wags to explain why that story demonstrates the malevolent influence of The Liberals. We call this the Limbaugh Rule, for reasons that do not need further explanation, and really the only sport in the process is betting which conservative voice will pipe up with their theory first. The news story that there were some deflated footballs in a football game is a very big story, and so it requires top-notch explanation.