News Snapshot:
The upcoming midterm election has been represented, hyperbolically, as determining the fate of the country and the world for the next generation. Progressives worry that the large spending programs enacted over the past couple of years will have funding restricted by a Republican Congress and die. Conservatives are worried that state power will continue to grow and overspending will fully cripple the economy. There is the growing threat of direct confrontation with Russia or China, perhaps escalating to use of nuclear weapons. In many ways, America has never been closer to nuclear war. There is the growing likelihood of inflation...
