We’ve played the phoenix before, and no matter how difficult conditions are today, I’ve no doubt that we will yet again. We’re successful and resilient because we’re free: Americans are versatile and creative, and bounce back well.
Ambrose Evans-Pritchard writes about how America’s world position is likely to be stronger than some fret. Part of this, of course, is because some of our global competitors face even worse problems (some of which are demographic, and thus significantly intractable).
It’s liberty that makes our successes and recoveries possible. (The Koch-funded ‘Americans for Prosperity’ has the wrong name; it should be Americans for Liberty, the condition from which prosperity flows.)
We should — and God knows I and countless others will — write honestly about how difficult life is for so many today. For it all, and because of candid reflection, American is sure to find her best days yet ahead.