Wise Words

David P. Goldman, who blogs as Spengler, writes about this great nation we call home. Along the way he compares President Obama to the Wizard of Oz, and cites some dreary statistics concerning dysfunction in the African-American community. My favorite part is his characterization of our nation.

America is a winner’s game. America succeeds because it breeds success and ruthlessly crushes failure. A main purpose of American politics, in turn, is to make losers feel better, without, of course, preventing them from losing.

One seldom sees this level of Social Darwinism out of the closet. When our public schools forgot this truth, they lost sight of what we need them to accomplish - produce winners. Everything else is babysitting.