Ty. Sigh.

One of my favorite writers and a fellow Oklahoma native, Hank Stuever, on the housing crisis exemplified. It includes this wonderful paragraph:

All the crying people did for the camera: They cried when television's magic wand touched them, and the hosts always cried, too, while telling the camera how good they felt making the dreams of the sick and wretched owners of substandard tract houses come true. Think of the many tears that were shed on American television over organized closets and new kitchen countertops.