Politics in the fiction section

Today’s the fifth anniversary of 9/11. Today is when we remember the 3,000 who lost their lives. Today is also the day we remember when politics took a turn for the fictional. Not crackpot conspiracy theories mind you, just the formula story dichotomy of us vs. them, of good vs. evil.

Like writers sometimes, Bush seems to have trouble finding that sweet spot to tie in Al-Qaeda to everything else that’s happening in the world. Perhaps he’s still working on the chapter which ties up hurricanes to cave dwellers in Afghanistan.

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