There was a time when descriptions of violence were enough to outrage a society. Now we find ourselves barely reacting to a daily parade of images of violence - sometimes done in our name - that exist at least as much to sell domestic advertising as it might to elicit a genuine response of concern.
The surest sign of a party that can’t govern is when they’ll sacrifice even foreign relationships to pander up a few votes in the heartland.
A great nation cannot, for long, suffer the incompetent, before the edifice, collapsing into itself is beyond holding its ideals in anything less than cold cynicism.
Instead of confrontation with Iran, we should try aggressive courtship.
Why doesn’t our government say what we mean when responding to Iran’s nationalistic mantra of “not giving up our nuclear rights”?
