Flipping through the channels, and I see that Niall Ferguson has a two hour special on PBS extolling the virtues of the west over the rest of the world, citing, among other things, consumerism and work ethic. Seriously.
If this were a Friday, and I’d already been subjected to David Brooks on NPR, it might well be enough for me to move to a shack in the middle of Montana with a goat and a generator.