An uncaring nation…

My knee-jerk reaction, even before Obama’s speech about immigration, was anger at U.S. media. Midterm election shenanigans and the snarky refusal to carry the speech on network TV are both evidence for media collusion between extreme right-wingers and the fourth estate. Of course, at best, the media is no longer an independent check-and-balance on American politics. They are sycophants to America’s right-wing one-percenters through the latter’s lobbyists and special interest groups, just like...