Celebrity vs politics vs business

We know what sells newspapers and what is of interest to the drive-by media (thanks for the great metaphor to R. Limbaugh): celebrities living on the extreme edge and perpetual political battles.  Neither of these are of much consequence, and the political battles only do a little occasional harm (the Obamacare debacle, and the Obama trade wars are an exception to the "little harm" issue).

Through all this smoke and furry of celebrities and politics, the world of commerce goes on, waking every day to face new battles, bringing new prosperity and innovation to a fragmented but enthusiastic shopping world.

In some ways I feel like Adam Smith who lived in a world where everyone around him, nearly all the time, was focused on the religious battles of his era.  Adam Smith knew that the way out of the world of religious malice was commerce.

Fortunately I know the same is true today.  Despite J-Lo's love life, Tiger's golfing problems, the hate directed at Sarah Palin, and the meanspiritedness of President Obama, the real world of commerce just keeps making life better for everyone.