[MikeHu]

This is what world-class journalism (writing ) looks like -- and why China and India will rise.

The level of thinking is powerful and clear -- unlike the sorry example of thinking offered by the United States mainstream press -- that is totally puerile and dysfunctional. That's where America has fallen behind the most as a global competitor and why the newspapers (mainstream media) are failing. They're pure crap and worthless.

[ChessExpert]

"This is what world-class journalism (writing ) looks like -- and why China and India will rise.

The level of thinking is powerful and clear -- unlike the sorry example of thinking offered by the United States mainstream press -- that is totally puerile and dysfunctional. That's where America has fallen behind the most as a global competitor and why the newspapers (mainstream media) are failing. They're pure crap and worthless."

Good point!

I have pretty much given up on talking politics/economics with liberal friends and relatives. One reason is that one sentence jabs seem to be the model acquired from our "news":
It's all about sex.
What about WMDs?

Perhaps quality writing like this might snap them back to a higher standard of reasoning and discourse.