At the end of a lengthy post at Open Left, exploring the impediments we face in trying to tackle global warming, Paul Rosenberg provides an important insight, to wit: One of the simplest ways of explaining the concept of hegemony is "ideology in drag as common sense."

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This speaks for itself:

Here are the number of times, according to NEXIS, that various topics have been mentioned in the media over the past thirty days:

"Yoo and torture" - 102

"Mukasey and 9/11" -- 73

"Yoo and Fourth Amendment" -- 16

"Obama and bowling" -- 1,043

"Obama and Wright" -- More than 3,000 (too many to be counted)

"Obama and patriotism" - 1,607

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