The Edge of the Abyss by Mark Steyn

The default setting of American society is ever more liberal and statist.

By Mark Steyn

“The central question of last week’s election is whether the Brokest Nation in History is capable of meaningful course correction. On Tuesday, the American people answered that question.”

“In my own state, where the Democrats ran the board on election night, the “Live Free or Die” license plates look very nice when you see them all lined up in the parking lot of the Social Security office.”

“Barack Obama ran well to the left of Bill Clinton and John Kerry, and has been rewarded for it both by his party’s victory and by the reflex urgings of the usual GOP experts that the Republican party needs to “moderate” its brand.”

“Americans as a whole have joined the rest of the Western world in voting themselves a lifestyle they are not willing to earn. The longer any course correction is postponed the more convulsive it will be. Alas, on Tuesday, the electorate opted to defer it for another four years. I doubt they’ll get that long.”