christopher hayes

What’s the big lesson for American from the Bush-Obama years?

Here is an excerpt from an article that deserves to be read in full.  You’ll see in Hayes’ recommendation the vagueness that results from unwillingness to say that we’re responsible for our problems — and only we can fix them.  Instead he resorts to abstractions like “democratization”, long words that in effect hope for the Blue Fairy …

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The breakdown of the American political system, pointing to a new and better future

Introduction:  This is the second in a series of dashed off speculative opinions.  Normal procedure on the FM website for these topics would be 3 thousand word posts, supported by dozens of links.  I dont’ have the time to finish them, and too many of these outlines have accumulated in my drafts file.  Perhaps these will spark useful debate …

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