Monthly Archives: October 2012
What’s Wrong, and How to Fix It, Part 3: Corruption/Plutocracy
A reasonably sentient reader might think that between globalization/automation causes and our political/institutional dysfunction, there is nothing left to account for in order to explain what’s wrong with the United States these days. That would be wrong. In my view, … Continue reading
What They Should Have Debated
It’s been a while since I addressed specifically Middle Eastern issues in this space, but of course that does not mean nothing is going on there worth commenting upon. If anything, too much is going on. In addition to the … Continue reading
Of Rudeness and Fake Politeness
A few years ago Lynne Truss published a book called Talk to the Hand. Coming on the heels of her smash hit, Eats, Shoots & Leaves, this book was intended as an educated rant about the appalling rudeness of contemporary … Continue reading
What’s Wrong, and How to Fix It, Part 2: Political/Institutional
Those who point to the dysfunction of our political institutions generally raise several distinct but interwoven phenomena. The first is the increased role of ideology in American politics. Both parties have become far fonder, if not necessarily more adept, at … Continue reading
What’s Wrong, and How to Fix It, Part 1: Introduction, and Globalization/Automation
Editor’s Note: Following is the first in a series of posts analyzing the sources of American political dysfunction and proposing a programmatic response to those problems. Some months ago my colleague here at The American Interest, Walter Russell Mead, wrote … Continue reading
