Mark Morford, regular SF Gate columnist, writes a column today called “Eat My Holiday Cheer: Screw joy and togetherness. It’s all about retail, just like Jesus would have wanted.” His tone is harsh in places, and certainly sarcastic (as per usual) — and the criticisms he makes seem to me true (even, perhaps, made with compassion). Not only do I see American society as a whole — the people and systems here in my local village, and media portrayals of people and culture elsewhere in the U.S. — as racing toward a cliff that drops off sharply to an earth-and-sea … Continue reading The Saturation Point