Now I am as patriotic as the next guy. I believe that we have some pretty special things in America. The right to think and speak for ourselves being one of these things, among others. Margaret Thatcher said that the difference between Europe and America is that the former was founded on history and the latter upon philosophy. While that may be an over simplification I think that there is some truth to that. And you'd think will all that philosophy in our blood we might have some good weighty heads on our shoulders. In the very least we should be able to engage in discussion with the world. And I am probably right. For the most part we are citizens of the world. But unfortunately
the editors of
Time don't think we are engaged in the world discussion and decided to show us a different cover in a recent issue than the
cover that the rest of the world sees. The rest of the world is presented with the resurgence of the Taliban in Afghanistan, and we are presented another more nationalistic story about the bible in public schools. While that may not be that bad, you have to wonder why the editors of
Time don't think that the American public cares as much about the world stage.
Newsweek did the same thing. They presented the same story about the Taliban to their international readers and presented America with a story about Annie Leibovitz's life in pictures. No offense to Miss Leibovitz, but I don't even know who she is. What this really indicates to me is that demographic and marketing studies have shown that the American magazine buying public has little concern over world matters or at least that national news is a better seller. I am just surprised that there isn't a picture of Anna Nicole on both covers.