[Elsie]

Golly!

I was not aware of this fact...

https://www.google.com/search?q=american+empire&rls=com.microsoft:en-US:IE-Address&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=ie7&rlz=1I7ADRA_enUS475&gws_rd=ssl

[Olog-hai]

As you can see, the first few hits turn up left-wing sources. Wikipedia who cites the NYSlimes (headline “American Empire: Get Used To It”), Alternet, the Atlantic, Foreign Policy magazine, ad nauseam.