Commentary: Flirting with authoritarianism in America
Tyranny reside in coercing a population to adopt ideas couched in words, slogans and...
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Tyranny reside in coercing a population to adopt ideas couched in words, slogans and...
Commentary: Do we value spectacle over substance? Dennis Patrick Slattery, For the Express-News July 14, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail Television is not only society’s primary form of mass communication, it is the source from which a large segment receives not just news but what they consider reality.San Francisco Chronicle file photo When we take a well-earned break from the onslaught of news that bombards us daily, we might wonder, as we should, how fantasies of reality have gained such strength and support in these past years and seem to coagulate today with greater concentration. I returne...