THE CHEAPENING OF AMERICA — by Steve Nadis
The 1970 bestseller, THE GREENING OF AMERICA, spoke of a new kind of consciousness emerging from the 1960’s counterculture. In the decades since, we’ve seen a cheapening of America with politicians and political candidates now routinely pandering on TV talk shows. Fred Thompson’s announcement that he was running for president on the TONIGHT SHOW, a forum for the lamest of conversations, is a continuation of this trend. Since Thompson appeared regularly on the TV show, “Law and Order,” many Americans are likely to consider him the “Law and Order” candidate, given the level of analysis that goes on these days.
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