Down, down, down

My site has been going down intermittently, and here at home we seem to be battling a fatiguing bug in the household. Will be back in biz tonight, hopefully.

Meanwhile, another little excerpt from Why We Hate Us:

Balkanization…is just part of the landscape. On very basic civic and political values, there is a vast common ground hidden by a few stands of towering pines. The exceptions always get the attention; the negative often wins campaigns. Moderate, independent and eclectic citizens may be the vast, silent majority, but there is indeed a market for extremes. A doctor in Canton, Ohio, once asked me if I thought there could ever be something called “The Moderate Channel.” Instantly he caught himself and said, “No, that would never sell, would it?”