Prometheus 6

You know how the NY Times does little summaries of aarticles on each section's landing page? I saw this today for David Brooks' latest on the Times' Opinions page.

Revolt of the Nihilists

America’s political leaders have failed utterly to project any sense of authority and to give the world a reason to believe that this country is being governed.

That promised to at least raise topics of serious interest to me. What I found is that Brooks has a pretty damn good view of the problem Republicans have created.

The American century was created by American leadership, which is scarcer than credit just about now. 

He just refuses to put the actual blame where it belongs. The op-ed is more than interesting. Coming from an axle of the Republican machine

I’ve spoken with several House Republicans over the past few days and most admirably believe in free-market principles. What’s sad is that they still think it’s 1984. They still think the biggest threat comes from socialism and Walter Mondale liberalism. They seem not to have noticed how global capital flows have transformed our political economy.

...it was jaw-dropping in places.