October 14, 2008

Soul Food: The Doctor's Jeremiad

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Everybody knows that the boat is leaking
Everybody knows that the captain lied
Everybody got this broken feeling
Like their father or their dog just died

-- Leonard Cohen

Dr. Bob, a physician in the Northwest, does not post often. But when he does he always has something to say. Today he writes about the eclipse of his optimism in "Surveying the Abyss."

"Then glance at culture (if you can stomach it), where the decadent is celebrated, where the good is ridiculed, where the satyr is worshiped, where no pillar of tradition may stand nor bulwark of morality may endure. Our media promulgate not truth but narrative, not fact but fabrication, a fully empowered propaganda machine entirely co-opted by postmodern secular culture and messianic politics.
"And yet, here we sit, watching on our flat screens in full HD the celebration of androgynous eunuchs in staged competitions about who can create the prettiest dress or redesign the penthouse of some satyrical single, who long ago decided that life was about getting laid, leaving the emotional, physical, and social tab for someone else to pay. These are the individuals we celebrate and elevate with our eyes, our time, our adulation, our admiration, our money. - Surveying the Abyss | The Doctor Is In
And the culture is the least of our worries.
For a more extended discussion of Dr. Bob and his inspired (I use that word deliberately) essays see my overview of his work from 2005: Let Us Now Praise Remarkable Bloggers - The Doctor Is In

Posted by Vanderleun at October 14, 2008 7:54 AM | TrackBack
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Thank you for the link-- I really needed some nourishing "soul food."

Posted by: Connecticut Yankee at October 14, 2008 11:29 AM

Thank you for the link; I haven't gone to his site for a while. The timing of this post couldn't have been better for me. I'm glad to know there are a few other voices of sanity - and wisdom - in the PNW.

Posted by: Susan at October 14, 2008 8:17 PM
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