In the end, the roller coaster ride that Shirley Sherrod experienced last month may well leave her better off than she was before she was forced onto it. If so, she will probably be the only person who can say so. Just about everyone else who got involved in the case looks worse than they did, […]
Archives for August 2010
Out of Control: The Impotence of the New Millennium
(I wrote this column ten years ago. In the succeeding decade, the growing power of faceless corporations and the seeming ineptitude of government agencies have only increased the anger that all too many Americans are feeling. The field is ripe for charlatans, demagogues and scoundrels, and the country’s future is ever more in doubt.) […]