Ideology has become a substitute for clear thinking, while posturing and polarization define the issues of our times, leading to a stalemate and paralysis.
The theater of the absurd has gone from being a literary subculture to a mainstream political strategy. Its one thing to take an action to confuse your enemies, but today, government is routinely confusing all of us. Do we have another imperial presidency or a distracted one?
News Dissector Danny Schechter made the film Plunder The Crime Of our tTime He blogs at newsdissector.com/blog Feedback welcome
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