A Break From The Norm
By Mitch Berg
I’m a very, very idealistic person. And I’ve got a sentimental streak wider than my shoulders.
But I’ve bred a healthy – mostly – streak of cynicism into myself when it comes to the media, to pop culture, to public society. With people as individuals, I trust but verify. With most public personae, I distrust and, if debunking fails, might be amenable to discussion.
So it took me a whole reading of Nick Coleman’s mother’s day column before I was able to tell my internal cynic to take a break, grab a drink, come back in a few.
I’m not going to quote it. Read it, and if you have an angle on it – well, you know what to do.
May 14th, 2007 at 8:17 am
It’s a credit to Nick’s penchant for predictability, though, that as I read the column, I kept thinking ok, when is he going to blame President Bush and/or conservatives in general?
So, I confess, I could not rise above my streak of cynicism.