Peggy Noonan: MORE CLARITY

In "We're Governed by Callous Children" Ms. Noonan defines the problem with those who govern us at all levels. THIS IS THE ROOT CAUSE OF AMERICA'S PROBLEMS.

A couple of great insights:


"But a larger part [of the reason we feel the problems can't be solved] is that our federal government, from the White House through Congress, and so many state and local governments, seems to be demonstrating every day that they cannot make things better. They are not offering a new path, they are only offering old paths—spend more, regulate more, tax more in an attempt to make us more healthy locally and nationally. And in the long term everyone—well, not those in government, but most everyone else—seems to know that won't work. It's not a way out. It's not a path through."

and:


"They [those who govern us] don't feel anxious, because they never had anything to be anxious about. They grew up in an America surrounded by phrases—"strongest nation in the world," "indispensable nation," "unipolar power," "highest standard of living"—and are not bright enough, or serious enough, to imagine that they can damage that, hurt it, even fatally."


Read the column - it is an insightful and non partisan look at our government.