Bob Herbert Tells It Like It Is

Unlike most of his ilk, retiring NYT columnist Bob Herbert has not been afraid to call out the greed, violence, racism and ignorance that seem to dominate the landscape in modern America.  Now he is stepping down, and has published his valedictory.  Read the whole thing, but savor this in particular:

"The U.S. has not just misplaced its priorities. When the most powerful country ever to inhabit the earth finds it so easy to plunge into the horror of warfare but almost impossible to find adequate work for its people or to properly educate its young, it has lost its way entirely."