Fifty years of Jeremiads have taken their toll! But the objective evidence is there. And this is not to mention the gross intellectual and academic decay going on, in which the Educated Classes tell us inter alia that there's no difference, or we can't tell the difference, or we shouldn't try to tell the difference, between men and women. A culture that takes this swill as seriously as ours does has had it.
1. You’re not wrong about the country being in decline, but I’m confident that Europe is also in decline...
2. As you suspect, China may well have peaked.
3. What feels different now for Americans, particularly conservatives, is that we are no longer able to demonstrate clear superiority in economic growth, higher ed achievement, and military performance. In other words, our downturns now have just as steep a slope as other countries’.
4. The crumbling keystone is the abandonment of the rule of law. In its place is the embrace of “anything goes”.
Fifty years of Jeremiads have taken their toll! But the objective evidence is there. And this is not to mention the gross intellectual and academic decay going on, in which the Educated Classes tell us inter alia that there's no difference, or we can't tell the difference, or we shouldn't try to tell the difference, between men and women. A culture that takes this swill as seriously as ours does has had it.
Fifty years of Jeremiads is right. It cannot fairly be said of Bill that his pessimism about America's future is a function of old age.
1. You’re not wrong about the country being in decline, but I’m confident that Europe is also in decline...
2. As you suspect, China may well have peaked.
3. What feels different now for Americans, particularly conservatives, is that we are no longer able to demonstrate clear superiority in economic growth, higher ed achievement, and military performance. In other words, our downturns now have just as steep a slope as other countries’.
4. The crumbling keystone is the abandonment of the rule of law. In its place is the embrace of “anything goes”.