Lately I’ve shared my lament that in America today we are witnessing a surreal transformation of the greatest nation in history. Last week, a spate of headlines made this point better than I could make it on my own.

I was minding my business, mind you, surfing the Internet to check out the news and political sites and forums I customarily visit, and these news and column headlines, most from last week, some from a bit earlier and a few from this week, bombarded me. I wasn’t looking for trouble. Nor was the satirical website The Onion one of the sites I visited. The world is upside down, inside out, sideways, crazy, nutso. Bad is good; up is down. Left is right; right is wrong. Evil is good; insanity is sanity. Abnormal is normal. Circles are squares. Hot is cold. Luke warm is red hot — among Republicans, anyway.

Common sense is uncommon. The world is otherworldly. Dissent is “hate.” Diversity means conformity. The good guys are the bad guys; virtue is vice; sophistry is intellectualism; jerks are celebrated; debauchery is glorified; the holy is debauched. Let me share some of these headlines, which speak for themselves — loudly and depressingly.

— Shakespeare’s Works — Too Hard, Too White.

— Obama Red-Faced: Iran Nuclear Stockpiles Grew 20 Percent in 18 months.

— Obamacare Dangerous to Our Health.

— Eye-Popping Premium Increases.

— Obama, Clinton Want To Enforce ‘Correct’ Thinking in America.

— High School Denies Pro-Life Club!

— Pentagon Officials Call Out Obama’s ‘Pathetic’ ISIS Strategy.

— Shabazz Calls on Nation of Islam, New Black Panther ‘Army’ to Defend Black Communities Against Police Brutality.

— Obama: Climate Change Deniers Endangering National Security.

— Team Clinton Swarms Sunday Interview Shows, Minus Hillary.

— Antonin Scalia Is Unfit To Serve: A Justice Who Rejects Science and the Law for Religion Is of Unsound Mind.

— In L.A., Obama addresses Washington’s Dysfunction: “I Did Not Say I Would Fix It.”

— Authorities: Gay Slur Carved Into Utah Man’s Arm Was Staged.

— Justice Department: Transgender Students Can Use Bathrooms that Match Their Gender Identity.

— Political Correctness 101: Praising America, Virtues of Hard Work Dubbed ‘Micro-Aggression’ On Campuses.

— Video Shows U.S. Citizens Willing To Ban American Flag.

— Are Americans of Faith in Danger?

— Obama Administration Says Redskins Nickname Could Block Potential Stadium Deal.

— TV Land Drops Dukes of Hazzard Amid Confederate Flag Controversy.

— Gay Teacher Files Federal Discrimination Lawsuit Against Catholic School.

— Terrific: Attorney in Charge of Releasing Lois Lerner ‘Lost’ Emails Now in Charge of HRC’s Emails.

— For Obama, Rainbow White House Was ‘A Moment Worth Savoring.’

— Montana Polygamist Family Applies for Marriage License.

— 74 Children Executed by ISIS for ‘Crimes’ That Include Refusal To Fast, Report Says.

— New Undercover Footage Shows VA Officials Admitting of ‘Unaccountability at Every Level.’

— Black Teacher Hits Handicapped White Child, Tells Him Black People Fought To Not ‘Serve White People Like You.’

— Girl Scouts Raise $250K for Transgender Cause.

— Teen Leads Mob in Ransacking of Georgia Walmart.

— U.S. Debt Headed Toward Greek Levels.

— Obama Administration Invokes Executive Privilege on Benghazi Probe?

— United Church of Christ Anti-Israel Extremism.

— U.S. Troops in Afghanistan ‘Feel Abandoned.’

— More than 42 Million Muslims ‘Support ISIS.’

— 17 Shot Since Monday Morning in Baltimore.

— Baltimore Mayor Wants Park Named for Robert E. Lee Changed, Other Monuments May Come Down.

— Christian Preachers Brutally Beaten at Gay Pride Festival.

— Seattle 6th Graders Can’t Get a Coke at School, but Can Get an IUD.

— Local Minister Urges the Flying of Black Liberation Flag This Weekend.

— Christian Bakers Face $135K Fine and Gag Order Over Wedding Cake for Same-Sex Couple.

— Center for American Progress Helped Craft EPA Talking Points, Emails Show.

— White House Blames GOP for Kathryn Steimle’s Slaying, Rise in Gun Violence.

— 10 Killed, 55 Wounded in Fourth of July Gun Violence in Chicago.

— Shock: Arizona Paper Decries Border Fence As Too High For Mexicans To Safely Jump.

— California Family Supports 4-Year-Old’s Decision To Transition from Male to Female.

— Illegal Alien Who Murdered Woman Went to San Francisco Because It Was a ‘Sanctuary City.’

— Chris Matthews: Hillary Clinton is ‘More of a Conservative … Traditional Politician.’

— Netanyahu Says Nuke Deal Getting Worse by the Day.

— Chicago Convulsed By Another Violent Weekend; Top Cop Blames Justice System.

 

David Limbaugh is a writer, author and attorney. His latest book is Jesus on Trial: A Lawyer Affirms the Truth of the Gospel. Follow him on Twitter @davidlimbaugh and his website at www.davidlimbaugh.com.

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