No way to run a country
The Land of the Free is starting to look ungovernable. Enough is enough
AS MIDNIGHT on September 30th approached, everybody on Capitol Hill blamed everybody else for the imminent shutdown of America’s government. To a wondering world, the recriminations missed the point. When you are brawling on the edge of a cliff, the big question is not “Who is right?”, but “What the hell are you doing on the edge of a cliff?”
This article appeared in the Leaders section of the print edition under the headline “No way to run a country”
From the October 5th 2013 edition
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