By Abrogating All Moral Standards In Their

In Journalism I Can Only Tell What Happened. In Fiction, I Can Show It.

The Soviet Union Was Brought Down By A Strange Global Coalition Of Western European Conservatives, Eastern European Nationalists, Russian Liberals, Chinese Communists, And Afghan Islamic Reactionaries, To Name Only A Few. Many Of These Discordant Groups Disliked The United States Intensely. But Americans Were Able To Mobilize Them To Direct Their Ire At The Soviet Union First.

Trump Is Not Just Unlike A Republican, He's Unlike A Presidential Candidate. The Whole Elaborate Presidential Process Is Designed To Screen Out People Like Donald Trump. And That Process Broke Down In Ways Quite Unlike Anything In The Recent Experience Of The United States.

I'm A Latecomer To The Environmental Issue, Which For Years Seemed To Me Like An Excuse For More Government Regulation. But I Can See That In Rich Societies, Voters Are Paying Less Attention To Economic Issues And More To Issues Of The Spirit, Including The Environment.

Yet When The Hour Of Decision Arrives, It Turns Out That Many Conservatives Care As Little As Ever About Administrative Skill And Executive Accomplishment. Our Party And Our Movement Overwhelmingly Respond To Symbolic Cues. Sarah Palin Is Exciting And Appealing. But What Kind Of Executive Is She? None Of Us Have Even The Remotest Idea.