This is a tale of two spectacles.
The first one has unfolded with horrific images of the dead, wounded, and dismembered from Gaza, recorded mostly by Palestinian journalists and civilians. Those images have shared space on my news and social media feeds with the second spectacle, an American one ranging from partisan politics to celebrity gossip to the latest television or movie blockbuster. Alternating between these two dramas, the international and the domestic, on a daily, even hourly, basis has been unnerving. That distress, which I share with many, lends urgent meaning to the phrase, “You can’t look away.” ….more