Viewers of CBS’s NFL Today, a preview show ahead of the traditional afternoon gridiron fare, were kind of startled last Sunday when James Brown, the avuncular host, stared solemnly into the camera and treated them to a one minute and 44 second monologue. Rather than holding forth on the travails of the elderly Tom Brady or some other pressing sporting matter, he railed eloquently about the rise of anti-Semitism in the country. Making no specific reference to the league he has covered with distinction for more than three decades, Brown delivered a note-perfect soliloquy that captured just how rancid things...