New DIR

Unfortunately the whole thing isn't online, but this essay in Mother Jones might just be the best summation of where we are at the intersection of culture, politics and psychology that I've ever read. It's not actually as much Infuriational as thought-provoking and somewhat saddening, but worth a read in any event.

In the full version, by the way, the author takes Clinton to task for coming up with the ultimate political slogan for impenetrable selfishness (my phrase, not his): "It's the economy, stupid." In other words: if I got mine, then Screw you, Jack...