Terrorism: Good for pop culture

So much of pop culture has been embedded on the platform of fear of terrorism that more and more of us can hardly imagine terrorists are real. 

On "Rubicon," the convoluted plot is constructed on the foggy notion that it's tough to tell the terrorists from just the control freaks who can also make some serious money. 

In his new book THE LION, Nelson DeMille has his characters determined to separate the bad guys - read that terrorists - from the good guys. 

And, the writers for "The Good Wife" would have to be not focused on ratings not to include an episode in which Alicia winds up inadvertently defending a terrorist.  Since she's known for her ability to compromise and live with all that, we are sure that she will be able to compartmentalize that client experience as revenue for the struggling law firm.

Unfortunately, "Mad Men" is set in a world which never contemplated 9/11.  Otherwise Don Draper would be hired by the U.S. government, post Clio, to educate the public about signs of terrorist activity.