As opinion, this piece is superb. It lays out for all to see the absurdity, irrationality and just plain peevishness of folks from Congress on down who can't stand not to be in charge. I do think, however, that Mr. Hari went a bit overboard when he painted ALL of these right-wing naysayers as dupes of "faith." Not all of us for whom (religious) faith is important are irrational, nor are all of us Republicans. I'd suggest that Mr. Hari review the list of logical fallacies and check ... More »

So many good quotes that I had a really hard time picking just one. Hari nails both U.S. political parties and the U.S. media--the Republicans for their refusal to accept reality-based policies, the Democrats for letting them get away with it, and the media for abdicating their responsibility to call a fact a fact and delusion just that.

a perspective on what's happening in our health-care debate which, as the writer points out,uses to its advantage the mainstream media because it's tendency is to simply present 'rival sides' as if both were equal. the writer also points to the political cynicism of many major right-wing individuals, using quotes from the bush administration.

Excellent insight and realistic view from across the pond. Highly recommended.

This is a good example of bad journalism. The author is guilty of the very sin complained about. Take away the name calling, snide remarks, irrelevant dogmatic views about the Iraq war and impertinent insinuations about religion (none of which is helpful in a debate on health care) and you are left with only one or two premises stated as fact (yet not sourced and likely untrue): namely that 50 million Americans can not afford health insurance and that our current health insurance ... More »