[VOA]

“The US is indeed in the middle of another gloomy ride around the
“America as Rome” theme park of half-understood history lessons. “

Too bad this recent book (see below) didn’t get some mention/discussion in the column.

As the answer to the question “Are We (USA) Rome?” seems to be “partially”.

The author of the book linked below did a nice presentation on his
book on BookTV (C-Span2; weekends) about a month ago).

Are We Rome?: The Fall of an Empire and the Fate of America
by Cullen Murphy

http://www.amazon.com/Are-We-Rome-Empire-America/dp/0618742220/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/102-5792809-4164118?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1189800305&sr=1-1

[neverdem]

Thanks for the link.