A Wanker Every Sunday
By The problem with bad analogies and meaningless catchphrases is that they can conceal the fact–apparently even from the author–that the underlying arguments are just utterly illogical on their face. To the extent that the workforce is becoming more insecure and workers have fewer benefits from their jobs–as the economy makes a transition from the General Motors model to the Wal-Mart model–obviously this makes having secure entitlements more, not less, necessary. To reject this isn’t to adapt Democratic principles for the new century; it’s simply to disagree with them. This is childishly obvious, which is why (as Josh notes) he doesn’t even try to explain the logic of his argument. It’s remarkable that the country’s most prestigious newspaper has a lead political reporter incapable of grasping the most self-evident political concepts.