In a veritable ocean of witless, sinister media gabble about the Boston bombing — and the successful tryout of the “Major City Martial Law Revue” that followed (doubtless coming soon to Broadway, the Beltway and conurbations from coast to coast) — Arthur Silber, as you might expect, cuts through the foaming sludge with this perceptive and powerful look at the “Killer Klowns” who rule us. The often darkly comic piece is studded with gems, but two particularly important points stand out: first, the absolute idiocy of relying on “the farcical charade that is ‘intelligence'” when assessing any situation; and second, the malevolent effects of the “idealization of authority.” Read it in full as an effective antidote to our ever more poisonous public discourse.
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