The Age of Enlightenment? —DeWese

The young doctor on duty checked all of my vital signs, asked a few questions and quickly diagnosed my malady. He described it as political “over-exposure.” “Even if you nap during the airing of these commercials,” he explained, “you are still exposed to all the lies and fallacious statements made about their political opponents. This constant harangue is a form of mental torture and, voila, the viewer becomes sick and surrenders to the candidates’ messages.”