Missives from the Hinterlands

Good article in Time about the money making potential of anger. The discourse in this country is currently being driven by raving idealogues at the extremes, and people are making serious cash from it. Yelling is always easier and more profitable than discussion; you don't need to spend time and money researching or thinking about issues when all you do is scream the political equivalent of "so's your mother."

I am as ready to launch into diatribe as the next guy, but I realize it's not constructive. And I certainly don't label it political discussion. (You know who you are, O'Reilly, Hannity et al.) People who are serious about changing things in this country need to consider carefully the impact anger has on our public discussion. If we don't turn the tide, our democracy will drown in a bilious sea.