Our dangerous addiction to political hyperbole

The more we shout, the less we hear. The more we exaggerate, the less we believe.

A protester with a sign about climate change
(Image credit: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

America's addiction to hyperbolic rhetoric is an existential threat to the United States.

Actually, it isn't. But putting it that way sure got your attention, didn't it?

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Damon Linker

Damon Linker is a senior correspondent at TheWeek.com. He is also a former contributing editor at The New Republic and the author of The Theocons and The Religious Test.