Conservatives Must Avoid The Siren

Over The Next Decade, Cities And States Across America Will Be Compelled To Tighten Their Belts As The Really Big Bills - The Pension Bills They Cannot Afford - Come Due. They'll Have To Go After Existing Contracts With Current Workers.

Hurtling The Pentagon Into An Unprecedented Budgetary Meltdown Is Horrifically Irresponsible. Obama Doesn't Care. This Is War - Not Against The Taliban, But War Against The Gop. He Has Republicans On The Ropes, And That's A Victory He Savors And Desires - Unlike Afghanistan, Where He Seems Only To Want To Turn Tail.

There's No Light At The End Of The Tunnel In The Republican Message, No Promise Of Better Things To Come. There's Only The Present Stagnation, Followed By A Slow Decline.

Our Compulsive Hunger Always To Know First, Speak First And Decide First Has Only Been Amplified By The Fact That We Can Now All Participate Instantly In A Virtual Version Of A National Cocktail-party Conversation On Twitter, Facebook And Blogs.

Unquestionably, American Political Rhetoric Can Be Repugnant, And The Right Can Certainly Be As Guilty As The Left.