"What has happened between 2001 ane 2009

[elleng]

to so radically change the cultural climate? Here, at last, is one piece of good news in our global economic meltdown: Americans have less and less patience for the intrusive and divisive moral scolds who thrived in the bubbles of the Clinton and Bush years. Culture wars are a luxury the country — the G.O.P. included — can no longer afford."

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/15/opinion/15rich.html?ref=opinion

[Mojorabbit]

1. What a wonderful op ed. Thanks! nt

[Tangerine LaBamba]

2. I can die happy now........

As usual, Rich nails it.

His last paragraph was lovely - if his calculations are correct, I'm not going to see the rise of the religious whackjobs in what remains of my lifetime.

That's rather wonderful .........................

[gristy]

3. Great column. Last paragraph is a great finish.

History is cyclical, and it would be foolhardy to assume that the culture wars will never return. But after the humiliations of the Scopes trial and the repeal of Prohibition, it did take a good four decades for the religious right to begin its comeback in the 1970s. In our tough times, when any happy news can be counted as a miracle, a 40-year exodus for these ayatollahs can pass for an answer to America’s prayers.

[wryter2000]

4. Great column

You kind of have to worder about someone who would posit the question, "What happened between 2001 and 2009?" I mean, isn't it rather obvious?

[Raster]

5. "SOMEDAY we’ll learn the whole story of why George W. Bush* brushed off...

...that intelligence briefing(1) of Aug. 6, 2001, “Bin Laden Determined to Strike in U.S.” "
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(1) http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB116/index.htm

[bemildred]

6. Food, shelter, and clothing come well ahead of your neighbors sexual proclivities?

Well duh.

[Mrs. Overall]

7. Great Op-Ed! K&R!

Thanks for posting this.