Flag burning

I don’t watch evening TV and recently I got Netflix and started watching a show called, “The West Wing”. It was recorded around 15 years ago and it tends to cover the controversial issues facing the White House at that time. The last show I watched was about a comedy team who entertained in the White House and in part of their routine they burned an American Flag. The next day the President was on his way to an important meeting in China and at the same time South Korea announced they were building a nuclear bomb. On all the news programs all they talked about was the flag burning. I was reminded of President Obamas refusal to say Islamic terrorist and more recently Trump’s refusal to say white supremacy. These items dominate the news even though we have North Korea threatening to blow up the country and tax reform going through the congress. It is a classic case of life imitating art and also the result of the 24 hour news cycle.