Colorizing The News
This is not what anybody would call a particularly endearing trait, though it can be a pretty funny one to observe. Lately, however, in the context of the gulf war, it has become less funny and potentially, anyway, more menacing. We may all be too dug in, too protective of our old positions and thus our pride, to react to events honestly or even to see them clearly. I don’t think this stage has yet been reached, but I sense that Washington is right at the edge of it....