Morning Jolt: The Point of Elected Office Is Not to Be a Celebrity

On the menu today: a near-complete breakdown in American leadership, driven in large part by elected officials who cannot bear unpleasant truths that contradict their preexisting worldview; the role and limited culpability of foreign intelligence operations; the coming argument about just who counts as a member of Antifa; and oh yeah, remember that ongoing potentially lethal pandemic?

Our Leaders Fear the Evidence, Even When It's on Fire, Right in Front of Them

Let's begin the week with words I wouldn't have predicted writing a couple of years ago: I really liked a recent observation by Glenn Greenwald: "Until people start forming beliefs based on evidence rather than the narrative that’s most comforting, our discourse will continue to be toxic trash. (Also, as long as media outlets employ people with a documented history of fabrication & fabulism, the media will be unreliable)."

Perhaps all of our problems boil down to an unwillingness to form or adjust our beliefs based upon evidence, and the habits of ...

WITH JIM GERAGHTY June 01 2020 WITH JIM GERAGHTY June 01 2020 The Point of Elected Office Is Not to Be a Celebrity On the menu today: a near-complete breakdown in American leadership, driven in large part by elected officials who cannot bear unpleasant truths that contradict their preexisting worldview; the role and limited culpability of foreign intelligence operations; the coming argument about just who counts as a member of Antifa; and oh yeah, remember that ongoing potentially lethal pandemic? Our Leaders Fear the Evidence, Even When It's on Fire, Right in Front of Them Let's begin the week with words I wouldn't have predicted writing a couple of years ago: I really liked a recent observation by Glenn Greenwald: "Until people start forming beliefs based on evidence rather than the narrative that’s most comforting, our discourse will continue to be toxic trash. (Also, as long as media outlets employ people with a documented history of fabrication & fabulism, the media will be unreliable)." Perhaps all of our problems boil down to an unwillingness to form or adjust our beliefs based upon evidence, and the habits of ...   READ MORE

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