Our Parallel Political Universe

Dr. Paul Hsieh points out that reading the headlines could cause one to believe one had tripped into a parallel universe good is evil, up is down and so on.  Some examples:

Fidel Castro has admitted that Communism has failed in Cuba? And Cuba is adopting capitalist reforms?

The Europeans are lecturing us about the need to reduce government spending?

France is chiding us for being too soft on Iran?

Sweden refused to bail out its leading car manufacturer Saab, whereas the U.S. bailed out General Motors?

Russia wants to return to the gold standard to help solve the world financial crisis?

The Department of Justice, headed by an African-American attorney general in the administration of the first African-American president, orders its lawyers not to cooperate with a U.S. Civil Rights Commission investigation of voting rights violations?

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