Fear, whether it's of ISIS, or immigrants or Ebola, works for politicians who lack the backbone to lead or shape public opinion, or whose ideas are unpopular when exposed to scrutiny.
If the Ebola virus is not contained in West Africa through the efforts and courage of health care practitioners, we'll have to "quarantine" more people than a nurse or doctor returning home. Many more.
(cartoon: Jim Morin, Miami Herald via Gocomics.com)
