[tpaine]

I've got the article at home. Good read.

Brook mentions he was almost finished with it before 9/11, and was a bit surprised that the attack didn't really make much difference to his conclusions. He says that 9/11 rallied people and neutralized the political/cultural leaders who tend to exploit differences. --- "Americans are in no mood for class struggle or a culture war."

Too bad we can't say the same about many on this forum.

[tacticalogic]

Okay, so there's a handful of malsentients whose lot in life seems to be limited to distilling concoctions of bile, venom and crap down to it's vital essence, and hurling great, vapid handfuls at anyone who threatens to upset their narrow little view of the world.

Illigitimi non carborundum.