In Clintonworld, it seems that playing a central role in catastrophic policy failure or peddling bad economics doesn’t disqualify you from future influence.

In fhe eurozone we are facing a paradoxical reversal of the very meaning of  representative democracy. National governments are judged on the basis of their submission or complicity in the implementation of policies set by the European technocracy.

There isn't a "national interest". Taking sides in the Middle East’s political and religious civil wars has undercut our credibility. Our role as collaborator in the Palestinian oppression is a major source of anti-Americanism in the Muslim world.

When a government has given up control over money and credit, it has made itself vulnerable to capital markets whims and supra-national dominance.