Merry Wanderer of the Night [12/11/10

  • Awesome Essays: An End to Sweet Illusions

    Realism is a bore and a bother. It's been infinitely nicer to live in a world of illusion-that we were different from other nations, that we could ignore international agreements that didn't suit us, that we could go on using cheap energy without ever paying a price. Our success and our geographic isolation have let us get away wi…