Apparently not in Washington D.C. where everybody's attention is turned on to sex, lies and videotape. The newspapers only bedevil you with details. No future worth having speaks through these media outlets. It's weird to talk about cynicism and intolerance when you're in a good mood. These are heavy subjects to lift up with an essay, but they do invite comment.
Cynical chic is a lot about style.
But I can't get used to it. Cynical speech in all its guises affects me, sort of like unseen pollution. It gives me an ache in my heart that didn't have to be there. Such rationalizations make sense only in policy papers. On the ground, they're murder.