It is interesting to observe so many Americans trying to find “meaning” in the Bush administration’s war against an endless parade of “enemies.” From Afghanistan to Iraq to North Korea, the state continues to concoct “threats” for the consumption of a public that is neither empirically nor analytically demanding. The media are quick to play their assigned roles, providing state-generated “information” and self-styled “experts” to convince the rest of us that everything the White House tells us is “just so,” and that anyone who dissents from — or even questions — the state’s purposes or policies is likely an apologist … Continue reading The War Against Life