Word: hysteria
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...This breed of hysteria is in turn reminiscent of the “Bush is Hitler” excesses of the antiwar left that the right so decried when President Bush was in power. It further marginalizes an out-of-favor but legitimate political paradigm whose contributions to the political debate are necessary for the health of our public discourse. By engaging in such puerile antics, the tea partiers only perpetuate the perception of their intellectual bankruptcy...
...families can discuss the big game instead of the plant closing, maybe catch a free concert downtown. And though Michigan State's run may cost the state some extra cash, a national championship will lift the state's spirits, and who's to say a few hours of celebratory hysteria are worth less than a few bucks from out-of-towners? "People here now have a respite," says Fort. "Detroit is a focal point for a good reason, not a bad reason. That's very, very valuable...
...Profligacy - so long, Paris Hilton! - are about to disappear, fun will endure. Hollywood is doing fantastic box-office business, thanks to insanely unserious movies like Paul Blart: Mall Cop and Madea Goes to Jail. The Colbert Report has been a special haven of sanity amid the sky-is-falling hysteria. And again, history is encouraging in this regard: Saturday Night Live and modern comedy were born during the malaise-y '70s, just as wit and humor - the New Yorker, the Marx Brothers, screwball comedy - flourished in the '30s. I'm even hopeful that the meltdown and resulting reset might...
...Filibusters, in moderation, are a good way for the minority to prevent or, at the very least, delay the sometimes-overreaching ambitions of the majority. That can be a good thing. Indeed, it is particularly useful in times of crisis and populist hysteria to have a braking mechanism that causes Congress to at least stop and think before it acts...
...sesame and shellfish. The Fradins and the 3 million other families in the U.S. with food-allergic children have to navigate not only the complexities of the grocery aisle but also the growing skepticism among those who wonder if the sudden rise in food allergies is due more to hysteria than to histamines. A waiter, for example, may not grasp the seriousness behind Noah's endless questions about the menu. "I just need to spend a little more time ordering and talk about how I could die," he says...