Another Very Short Comment

William Pfaff seems to be on a tear. I'm beginning to think of him as the newspaper equivalent of Lou Dobbs—a fellow at the top of the game in the establishment media who takes a walk outside the box and doesn't look back. I've been reading Pfaff with interest and attention for decades but I don't remember his essays having made me sit up and take notice so forcefully until relatively recently. But perhaps this side of his writing has always been there; I could well be wrong. In any case, while I don't fully agree with his limning of root causes I could not agree more with his observations regarding the symptoms. Writing about today's 'crony capitalism', condemning it, and pointing out that its 'inevitable' superiority is simply untrue, Pfaff really gets it. This article is a must read.