I love Michelle Goldberg and read everything she writes.<\/p>\n
So I read today’s piece in the Times –<\/a>– “The Year Justice Caught Up With Trumpworld” — with understandable enthusiasm.<\/p>\n But that’s not why I’ve linked you to this. Here’s why, in her first paragraph:<\/p>\n Ever since the 2016 election, it\u2019s been common for some people to refer to whatever year we\u2019re in as a synonym for dystopian weirdness. (Last year, for example, CNN\u2019s Jake Tapper tweeted \u201cPeak 2017\u201d<\/a> about a headline saying, \u201cUS ambassador denies own comments, then denies denial.\u201d) The world has felt continuously off-kilter, like a TV drama whose writers developed a sudden fondness for psilocybin. Last month astronomers at Harvard wrote that a strange oblong space object \u201cmay be a fully operational probe sent intentionally to Earth vicinity by an alien civilization,\u201d and it barely made a ripple in the news. There was simply too much else going on.<\/em><\/p>\n OK, now, let me reprint this:<\/p>\n …Last month astronomers at Harvard wrote that a strange oblong space object \u201cmay be a fully operational probe sent intentionally to Earth vicinity by an alien civilization…\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n OK, and let me bold it:<\/p>\n …Last month astronomers at Harvard wrote that a strange oblong space object \u201cmay be a fully operational probe sent intentionally to Earth vicinity by an alien civilization…\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Uh……did you know this?<\/p>\n Uh……<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I love Michelle Goldberg and read everything she writes. So I read today’s piece in the Times –– “The Year Justice Caught Up With Trumpworld” — with understandable enthusiasm. But that’s not why I’ve linked you to this. Here’s why, … Continue reading