Nintendo Wii or Sony Playstation 3? 

Microsoft Zune or Apple iPod? 

Coke or Pepsi? 

David Miller or Jane Pitfield? 

Iraq or Afghanistan? 

Liberal or Conservative?

Where is the intelligent media?  Where are all the shades of grey?  Why is everything being pre-digested and simplified into A-or-B choices for us these days? 

We’re worried about social problems like obesity and smoking because you’re either fat or skinny, a smoker or a non-smoker.  We’ve become so binary in our thought processes.  We should really be worried about our brains going soft on us. 

We should demand more from our media.  And we should demand more from ourselves.  Read, research, listen, observe.  There are more multiple-choice and short-answer questions in life than there are True/False.

Can you tell I’m pissed at the Sunday newspaper today?  Stupid black-and-white.