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Even though our tanking economy seems to be taking the whole world along with it, I think it’s pretty safe to say that the American Era, such as it is, has ended. There aren’t many categories left where we can boast about being Number One, and the ones where we are Number One probably aren’t the sort of thing we should be boasting about.

Barack Obama’s made it pretty clear that the overarching goal of his administration is going to be restoring America’s moral standing in the world. It’s going to take a lot more than one guy in the White House to do that, I’m afraid. I’d settle for “not such a bunch of douchebags anymore” on this go-round.