Today we have a video interview with Ronald Wright, author of What Is America? and A Short History Of Progress. Being Canadian, Wright has no illusions about American exceptionalism. Here's the introduction.
America — the world's only superpower, but how did it get there?
In a provocative new book, Ronald Wright contends that right from its start as a frontier society, America has used militarism and religious extremism to expand and prosper.
The video is rather long (27:20) but doesn't disappoint. Wright stumbles a bit at the end as he talks about our hopes for the new Obama administration, saying that America is ripe for the sort of transformation we saw under Franklin Roosevelt in the 1930s. (The video was uploaded in March, 2009.)
I'm sure Ronald won't make that mistake again
Merry Christmas Dave.
I have some comments for this post but will save them to enjoy what we have. To all fellow DOTE readers, have a good one! I appreciate our togetherness.
Posted by: JC | 12/25/2011 at 01:55 AM