You Saw It Here Too

The Economist published a piece entitled, “A Study In Paralysis” keyed to James Fallows’ Atlantic article. It did so the day after my “Raising America,” an entry based on the same Fallows essay. The Economist seems inclined towards Fallows’ view that America is ungovernable at present, though it blames the American people who want “small government,” but “seem wedded to the expensive benefits of the big one they actually have, such as Social Security, health care for the elderly and a strong national defence.”