weekend update

-18/19-09—Now, on TV every day as people remember some trauma or triumph, they stop as if on cue ... and weep. They think this shows sincerity and sensitivity. ... I sometimes watch with fascination those shows where people lose weight. They often begin to sob as they fall of the treadmill or remember the Twinkie they didn’t eat. This is now the national style. It makes Europeans laugh. When they’re about to be mawkish or overly emotional they say, I don’t mean to get American on you.” --Peggy Noonan WSJ A13