The false virtue of indifference

Politics is boring and unimportant, our culture tells us. We're supposed to think of it as a virtue to "rise above politics." But what if that's precisely what they want us to believe?

Have you ever tried to give people an update on what’s going on in Washington, D.C. beneath the oozing surface of the swamp, and the response you get is disdain for anything political? Or maybe you a…