October 24, 2008
The New Fear
It's not just about 9/11
Increasingly, the policy choices and culture of the West, and of the United States in particular, are being shaped by something approaching a collective siege mentality. We fear immigrants and the terrorist ideologies they may or may not bring with them; we fear diseases, despite being the healthiest Americans in history; we fear crime and drugs and sexual decadence; we fear cultural collapse. Right now, above all we fear economic failure.
When oil
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