Bad news for America doomers

Bad news for America doomers

It’s once more springtime for America doomers, those who believe the United States will soon lose its global top-dog status. Much of this is in reaction to the poorly considered ramblings of President Trump. The Economist, for example, suggests that “the actual land of the free” has moved from America to Europe, with the Continent epitomizing “moral norms” on the climate, free trade, and rule of law. These prophecies — or dreams — of America’s do

America as a New Athens (the Bad Kind)

The Athenian democracy fell to Sparta in 404 B.C.  That disaster was not inevitable; it was the result of a series of poor decisions, themselves the result of greed and self-interest on the part of various factions.  Had the Athenia...