OPPOSITES DISTRACT

Life has always been graded on the curve. You may get an A in one subject and flunk the next. "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines," Ralph Waldo Emerson once wisely penned. I would add 24 Hour News. Be it Fox or MSNBC, we are looking for the quick fix, the godless villain, the holy savior. It must be black; it must be white. Conflict sells. Screaming trumps debate. Lies taste fuller than fat-free truth. We drift farther apart, continental plates eventually crashing together in vioilence. Hatred throbs like the exposed core of a nuclear reactor. It's time to cool it!