I think this article on the language used in political debate, another refrain of the great framing epic makes an excellent point. I also like its use of the obvious (and marginalizing) “regressives” as the opposition to “progressives”.
Another interesting political thought for you. The incoming freshmen this fall were born before the challenger disaster. How long will it be before the soviet union and the cold war are nothing more than history text material to graduating college students? (It wasn’t much more than that to me).
How far off is 2020? The year when US children born after september 11, 2001 will start populating the halls of higher education. Do you ever wonder what we’ll look like to them?