As long as we are distracted, entertained, occasionally outraged, always polarized but largely uninvolved and content to remain in the viewer’s seat, we’ll never manage to present a unified front against tyranny (or government corruption and ineptitude) in any form. ...
A San Francisco judge gave an outrageous reason for letting the killer of the man known as “Grandpa Vicha” walk free, saying his imprisonment would have a “poor impact” on the guilty man....