Sleeveless Dresses: Who The Hell Cares?

1: When the media begin to obsess over inane details surrounding a presidency, whether it be presidential golf scores, the type of dog that the first family will get, or the first lady’s penchant for sleeveless dresses. It is political information that is a zero-calorie contribution to democracy and it will slowly liquify your brain, so you won’t be able to process the important stuff when it comes along.

1: When an otherwise mundane political event, like a presidential inauguration, becomes a much heralded, much ballyhooed collective political catharsis and a must-see TV event.

1: An organized rebellion aimed at humiliating an outgoing President through the use of subversion and flung footwear.