Letters to the Editor
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It's Not The Weekly Standard I'm Worried About
Of course, it's entirely appropriate to write about the Weekly Standard in this context. But it's not them I'm worried about. It's the fact that they are simply expressing quite clearly what seems to be the operative default assumption that forms the background for virtually all foreign policy discussion in our national media, and amongst our political elite more generally.
The whole lot of them need to go back to high school and re-take their class in civics. There is nothing the least bit obscure in the enumeration of Congressional powers. If I were as ignorant as the talking heads who dominate current discussions, I damn sure wouldn't have made the honor roll. The things they don't know were the meat and potatoes of the tests we had to make sure we'd actually read the material.
Maybe we could arrange a switch. Let their kids run the country while their civics lessons are still vividly in mind. And send them back to school where they can learn a thing or two about American civics and history, as well as basic critical thinking skills.