Reply #3: A brilliant read

[OldLeftieLawyer]

It's a book that was a best-seller in France and Germany, but got nowhere in the United States - naturally.

By Emmanuel Todd - "After The Empire" - the author, a sociologist/anthropologist accurately predicted the demise of the Soviet Empire, and he also explained, before it happened, why it would fall.

"After The Empire" sets it all out, in clear and sometimes dense language, but he explains, very succinctly, what the United States has become, why, and how it must - but probably won't - change in order to become a functioning and respected member of the global community.

I recommend it to everyone.

Here's a good quote from the book accompanying a very graphic Christmas greeting: http://tinyurl.com/4huxe