We can decide not to decline
By John Andrews
Important as the 2012 election was, whether Obama beat Romney or vice versa was not going to keep our country from rolling into 2013 faced with the same ominous symptoms of decline. Another centennial for the USA is far from assured. Maybe our country will be around to celebrate 2076, but maybe America’s goodness and glory will be but a sad memory by then. Historians warn that great nations undo themselves with moral and fiscal laxity after about 250 years. My timely book, Responsibility Reborn: A Citizen’s Guide to the Next American Century, looks at our chances More >





