Weapons of mass distraction

Once again the Chicago Air and Water Show is about to be inflicted upon the city. The event, which features civilian demonstrations but is mostly centered on the military, is reminiscent of the "bread and circuses" of another failed empire. Just as with the Romans, we peasants are treated to a spectacle to distract us from the reality of the abject impoverishment of the social safety net and the abandonment of the poor. The weapons dealers responsible for the cacophony on the lakefront of…