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The Economist Is Undoubtedly The Smartest Weekly Newsmagazine In The English Language. I Always Look Forward To Its Quirky Year-end Double Issue.

Americans Continue To Suffer From A Notoriously Short Attention Span. They Get Mad As Hell With Reasonable Frequency, But Quickly Return To Their Families And Sitcoms. Meanwhile, The Corporate Lobbies Stay Right Where They Are, Outlasting All The Populist Hysteria.

Americans Have Always Evinced Some Distrust Of Government, But The Current Situation Has Exacerbated This To A Degree That May Be Unprecedented.

Over One In Five American Children Is Living In Poverty, And The Number Is Rising.

The Consequences Of President Johnsons Campaign Of Deliberate Deception Regarding Vietnam Could Hardly Have Been More Catastrophic For The Nation, The Military, The President, His Party, And The Presidency Itself.