Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Steven Weber: Playing to the Muddle


Actor Steven Weber is--as I've said many times before--my favorite blogger over at The Huffington Post. I try not to link to everything he's written, but it's difficult not to. Something about his writing just speaks to me.

Here is his latest piece, once again sounding like it came out of my brain with a little more polish and talent. Check it out.

[Excerpt]

Playing to the MuddlePlaying to the Muddle

What is the lethal disconnect in our judgment which permits the ascension of dickheads to positions of power, rather than the arguably less charismatic but genuinely effective personalities capable of shrewdness and insight? Can it be attributed to the endless peddling of passivity-inducing crap like reality television, electronic gadgets and ass-expanding fast food? Adlai Stevenson may have been an egghead but there was valuable nutrition in that yoke, stuff that Ike probably, even for all his World War II heroism and recently praised foresight about military industrial complexes and such, never had. . .

Read more at: Huffington Post

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