I'm not sure how any American can read a call to return to Enlightenment values as a feel-good, no-worries pallative. It rather seems to me that such an appeal

I'm not sure how any American can read a call to return to Enlightenment values as a feel-good, no-worries pallative. It rather seems to me that such an appeal is a radical declaration of war against the prevailing political winds in America today – on both the left and the right. I would read it as a kick in the pants, not a soothing lullaby.