January 20, 2004
Fakery
Naomi Klein's latest column in the Nation discussed the problem with almanacs. She posits that this administration doesn't like facts.
The blacklisting of the almanac was a fitting end for 2003, a year that waged open war on truth and facts and celebrated fakes and forgeries of all kinds. This was the year when fakeness ruled: fake rationales for war, a fake President dressed as a fake soldier declaring a fake end to combat and then holding up a fake turkey.
Sounds right to me.
Posted by Mary at January 20, 2004 01:48 AM | TrackBack