Vladimir Frumkin

Our house, our house, our house -

Is full of drafts, drafts.

And the roof is warping in the wind...

(Bulat Okudzhava)

Countries, like people, are born in pain.  They mature, grow old, and then inevitably die.  They can fall into decay, can get sick, may recover and become stronger again.  The maturing process usually takes centuries, and decline and disease can last for decades, while death sometimes takes only a few days.

Today, the great and prosperous America is seriously ill.  It has been ill for more than fifty years with a mental disease called "liberalism."