I’m currently in the airport, having breezed through the security checkpoint with no issues. Not remarkable, except that I am travelling with no ID whatsoever. I’ve been running a gauntlet of paperwork, back home, and forgot my driver’s license with a friend who was helping me with various filings.
The most bizarre thing I’ve read recently: An x-ray of a wounded duck revealed an alien’s face in it’s stomach region. The x-ray is being acutioned off to raise money for the hospital. The news is filled with weird stuff.
I just took in a really good article (”A Church Asunder“) published in last month’s New Yorker. The news context for it is the recent appointment of Gene Robinson as the Episcopal Church’s first openly gay bishop. But the piece does a really good job of putting the current controversy in historical and global perspective. It’s a rare article that brings the reader to an understanding of the philosophical and strategic concerns of both sides of an issue.
If your read on, I’ve excerpted some great quotes from Frank Griswold, the presiding Bishop of all Episcopal churches in the U.S.
Today’s take-home exercise:
1] Write demonstrably false article claiming Iran is imitating Nazi Germany.
2] Continue to hype article and sell it to other papers, even after it has been proven false.
3] Get invited to the White House as an expert on Iraq, of all things.
Don’t feel bad if you can’t pull it off on the first try. There’s lots of competition… including some people who have made a career out of these sorts of Big Lies.
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