America, a Fascist State?

There is a fascinating essay in the October issue of Harper's magazine, Lewis Lapham pens a thought provoking piece in his On message; Notebook essay feature.

Of course A Town Called Podunk strongly urges everyone to either buy a copy of the October issue, or head down to your local library to borrow one. But the essay is such an interesting examination of the current state of our friends to the south (and northwest), that it's worth providing here for your perusal.

You can find it on your own by going to Google and typing in Lewis Lapham and fascist state, there are quite a number of websites (most of them to the left of the political spectrum naturally) that have been quick to put it out on their sites. But hey, we'll save you the keystrokes. Check it all out here, courtesy of the folks at something called the Organic consumers organization.

If things are as bad as Lapham says they're getting, or even if they're heading in that direction, he may value his daughter in laws' heritage and her connections to the vast nation to the north. You never know when a journalist might need to find a place to stay til the heat is off.