WARNING: SWALLOW YOUR COFFEE BEFORE READING:

Our One-Party Democracy (THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN, 9/09/09, NY Times)

One-party autocracy certainly has its drawbacks. But when it is led by a reasonably enlightened group of people, as China is today, it can also have great advantages.

That's an all-time Hall of Shame line right there. Somewhere in Hell, Walter Duranty is smiling.

Posted by Orrin Judd at September 9, 2009 7:53 AM