Anyone who has been to an airport lately has heard the stern voice announce over and over that the terror threat has been elevated to Orange. We were talking about this in class the other day. What is the purpose of this announcement? What are you supposed to do? What can you do?
You can do nothing except experience a constant low level of anxiety, which is exactly the feeling this announcement intends to produce. So much of today’s politics is nothing but a mobilization of panic.
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James Madison agrees with you.
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Naomi, I think I met you once or twice in the middle of the PA wilderness. Tell Nathan I said hello.