> During your lifetime the US economic and political status in the world has been on the rise. And yet ... various people, mostly republicans, have spent a goo

> During your lifetime the US economic and political status in the world has been on the rise. And yet ... various people, mostly republicans, have spent a good part of my lifetime telling us that the sky is about to fall in. It may yet fall. But they are starting to seem more like boys that like to cry wolf than prophets.