Globalist

I had the unique experience to attend two lectures by world renknowned journalists, Thomas L. Friedman and Fareed Zakaria, yesterday in Portland.

There was a common theme to their respective perspectives.

That is that we are in a new age that is defined by globalism and that the United States of America is no longer the only game in town. Try telling that to your average American who believes in manifest destiny and "This land is your land ... from sea to shining sea."

The rules have changed. All markets are global. It is not relevant whether we want to recognize this our not, but we will fall behind as a nation if we fail to do so.

We need to recognize the challenge before this and get serious about electing politicians who will pursue progressive policy moving forward. There is no more time left to squander the future. The world is "Hot, Flat, and Crowded" and we are in "The Post American World."