Why do we still have the Olympics, in reality? (Also, goddamn it costs a lot.)

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Charles Lane over at The Washington Post had a good article recently about the Olympics -- and namely, why-in-the-hell-exactly-we-still-do-this-thing-on-the-regular. I'm inclined to agree. Sochi has been beset with problems, including:

• It's directly in a conflict zone, basically.

• There are mo…