Histrionics Over the Mosque: Symbolism Crowds Out Reality
The American media, and to a lesser extent the world media, focus on symbolism at the expense of underlying reality. And sometimes they can’t even make sense of the symbolism. The artificially generated controversy over a proposed mosque within about two blocks of the site of the 9/11 attacks is illustrative of this ignorance. The … Continue reading “Histrionics Over the Mosque: Symbolism Crowds Out Reality”