The Iditarod ain't what it used to be. But then, it hasn't been for a long, long time. It got ruined way back when it was discovered by network television, and money got involved. Now we have "professional mushers" with kennels of hundreds of dogs, all bred to do one thing and one thing only. The Iditarod of today bears little resemblance to the race that was conceived by Joe Reddington and implemented by Dorothy Page. Basically, the Iditarod today is a joke, and so it is perfectly fitting that cell phones and big screen televisions be embraced.