Sean Wilentz in the New Yorker: “The current right-wing resurgence has more to do with the inner dynamics of American conservatism in the past half century.”
It’s a fascinating and indispensable introduction to the fault lines in the American right wing.
Even if the long term consequences of this power struggle are positive for those Americans with a conscience (those who bear witness to the enlightened spirit and, yes, letter of the Constitution), the short term implications will most certainly be heaps of cruel disdain – and an immoral disregard – for those individuals, families, communities with neither time nor money to spare.
Tangentially, it also makes me wonder if “Mad Men” isn’t an indirect counterpoint to Glenn Beck, just as the world of “Lost” could be seen as an alternative to that of “24”.