We're Staggered Along, Aren't We?

John Avlon: Modern America is likely to be the lucky recipients of a two-for-one special. He says we have lost everything that makes a polity in a culture successful, and it's time for operations to shut down. Avlon: We see little sign of such a looming shutdown; where's the evidence things are going to shut down? The right has been effectively neutered to reject any violence, even defensive violence, he writes.