Bread And Circuses

Wasn’t outer space the dopey diversion of the well-behaved during the Cold War? Weren’t moon shots the 60s’ and 70s’ bread and circuses for a country worn out by a pointless war abroad and social insurrections at home? Replay. The country is again being worn out by a pointless war abroad and split by political and economic divisions at home. Insurrections can’t be far behind. China is looking to put a man on The moon. What better excuse for a president — whose deficits in dollars and sense already reach well past the moon — than to aim for Mars?