We Have No Sense Of The Collective

You Shoot Another Guy—well, Okay, This Is Baltimore. You Shoot Three Guys, It’s Time To Admit You Have A Problem.

Since The Donald Trump Election, Which Has Involved This Administration Making Direct Attacks On Press Freedoms, You're Actually Seeing A Certain Amount Of Rallying And Reinvigoration By The National Press In Terms Of Covering National Issues And The Presidency. The Washington Post And The New York Times, Mother Jones, Propublica And A Lot Of Other Places, They've Actually Done Some Really Strong Work When Confronted With This Administration. But The Resources That You Used To Have At State And Local Level Aren't There Anymore.

Acceptance Means Focusing On The Present While Assessing The Choices Available To You In This Moment. If There Are Many Possibilities, Make The Choice That Is Likely To Bring The Most Evolutionary Results. If There Is Only One Choice, Take It. If There Are No Obvious Choices, Relax And Accept The Fact That For Now, You Cannot Do Anything.

We Have No Sense Of The Collective Anymore In America. The Response To Katrina Was Proof Positive Of That.

Nobody Reads Anymore In America. Reading Has Become The Least Effective Delivery System For Narrative. That's Sad Because Prose Is The Means By Which You Can Deliver Very Complicated, Nuanced Explanations Of Problems And Possible Solutions.