Gentle reader, if the feverish pace of change in technology, globalization and climate change both fascinates and frightens you, read Tom Friedman's new book, Thank You for Being Late. His forensic examination and farsighted explanation of the acceleration of everything is an exercise in expeditionary learning and his prescription for adapting to this new world disorder should also appeal to conservatives.
Friedman, a New York Times columnist, is perceived to be as progressive as the paper he writes for. But that assessment doesn't apply here. As he described it last year, he belongs to the party of "nonpartisan extremism" and his political alignment is "to the far left and the far right at the same time."
The American people should be prepared: We should expect nothing less than defcon-five level alarmism from some lawmakers on the Left who are fearful that President Barack Obama's namesake health care law will soon be undone.
In fact earlier this week, Nancy Pelosi, the California Democrat who oversaw the passage of the Affordable Care Act in the U.S. House (and likely lost her post as Speaker due to the law's unpopularity), said Republicans want to "Make America Sick Again." How's that for demagoguery?
