A fantastic personal consideration of the outcome of the US presidential election at Ample Sanity: I have seen, just lately, a renewed sense of responsibility, as well as an unprecedented demand for humanity. I am not African-American. I cannot, therefore, begin to understand what last night meant for those of you who are. To be honest, I had not given it a thought until watching ... Read full entry

The ascendancy of the United States is history says John Gray in an article outlining his take on the global financial crisis. Our gaze might be on the markets melting down, but the upheaval we are experiencing is more than a financial crisis, however large. Here is a historic geopolitical shift, in which the balance of power in the world is being altered irrevocably. The era of American global ... Read full entry

Most Likely to Secede. Christopher Ketcham thinks a little downsizing is in order... for the United States of America. Increasingly, I have no fealty to the U.S. government. This has nothing to do with George Bush, bogeyman of the Left, the war in Iraq, or Halliburton, and everything to do with the reasonable assessment that the United States is too big for its own good. Too big in its 300 ... Read full entry