Yes. I'm going to be hiking at Pinnacles National Park today, where there's no cell phone service. I couldn't be more glad about it. No news, no calls, no distractions, just me and nature :)
Yes, every time I try to read about current events.
It's like I have been reading stories all my life about this or that dingbat hitting himself in the head with a hammer, and only the identity of the dingbat changes.
It's religious: the whole country is possessed by a spirit of stupid.