As the vicious news cycle continues to churn around the White House’s major Jeffrey Epstein problem, and Trump attempts to distract audiences with fake scandals and other manufactured events, this past week also saw more troubling instances of Trump’s authoritarian attacks on the media come to the forefront.
What happens to joy and humor and fun when we lose our court jesters? Are we supposed to be sad and serious all the time?
That’s no way to live. When we’ve taken ourselves too seriously we’ve become a victim of our own imagination.