On Sep 20, 2010, at 5:01 PM, SA wrote:
> Liberals in the US - and I'm thinking especially about American Prospect types like Tom Geohagan - do idealize Europe. But the problem isn't that they depict it as being much better off than the US; it is much better off, and in almost every way. The problem is that they show Europe without the politics. These strong unions, big welfare states, and (relatively) civilized political discourse "somehow" just got there in some mysterious way.
Does Geohagan do that? He's Mr Union, Esq., no?
Doug