In his latest NYRB article, Simic
describes grimly the kind of hell “that can fit
comfortably inside your head, despite the vast crowds of the damned and all
that fire and smoke, is what you end up with after reading the world news these
days.” Yes, the news these
days can be a bit hard to digest, or even follow faithfully with so many
depressing “stories” unfolding simultaneously around the globe. But there is an
easy solution to this. All Simic needs to do is spend more time reading the
“Fixes” blog on the NYT web site, and follow people like Bill Gates, Jeffrey
Sachs, and Steven Pinker on Twitter, etc. – as opposed to watching obsessively
all the endless images of dead children and grandparents he mentions.
