Noise distracts us from the truth
Whether it is Durbin's comments, Newsweek, the unfortunate use of the Terri Schiavo tragedy, Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, or demanding a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage, the chattering class has the public conversation focused on the inconsequential.
We are addicted to cacophony, feeding our obsession with the empty calories of obfuscation, while the truth stands alone in deafening silence. Sadly, the media has been complicit in its willingness to cover the noise.
The real problem lies in our preference for the noise.
For if there was no noise distracting us, we would be forced to sit with the truth.