Peter Thiel writes in Financial Times, which strikes some as short of a bastion outlet of truth over slant. Emptywheel cries out suggesting weakness of Thiel's words.
Oh, my. Possible misdirection. Fake optimism. All sin and confusion?
In four years we shall have a better outlook. Or not? Hegseth hearings are reported to begin, big show, he'll be confirmed since Norm Coleman can count - and whip - votes.
How is that different than before, when things were "great"? Is manifest destiny the key? We had it. We lost it. We want it back? What?
Back to when ordinary people mattered. Not those with money and connections calling shots. When, precisely was that? No answer is in the Federalist Papers. Nor in the Federalist Society. Great is as great does, so, again, the headline question.
Otherwise "great" is only a part of an empty slogan, like a glass, to be filled how?