Wednesday, May 02, 2007

"Hooked on Trivia While Threats Fester" by Victor Davis Hanson

This article really says it all!

So why then fixate on Anna Nicole, Rosie, Imus and Alec? (Alec Baldwin)

Simple -- they are the modern equivalents of grotesque carnival freak shows that used to provide a perverse sense of escapism from what people dare not face. Yet as our dependency on such tabloid distraction grows, so, too, do the real dangers that we ignore.

The ghost of Anna Nicole, foul-mouthed Rosie and trash-talking Imus turn out to be the best friends Ayman al-Zawahiri, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Vladimir Putin have.


To read the entire article click on the title for a link.