American liberals have an almost erotic attachment to respectable failure. Give us a corrupt oligarch, a theocratic crank, a billionaire vandal with a media strategy, and half the Democratic establishment will still respond as though the central question is whether everyone has remembered to use a civil tone and keep the donor class from getting heartbu…
Flamingos, Fascists, and the Liberal Talent for Losing with Excellent Manners: What the Albanian Protests Should Teach Democrats Before America Is Sold for Parts
