From the BILL MOYERS JOURNAL NEWSLETTER - Friday, September 26, 2008“As the congress has moved to the margins, as the president has moved to the center of our politics,the presidency itself has come to be, I think, less effective. The system is broken."
- Andrew J. Bacevich
This week on BILL MOYERS JOURNAL (KCET-TV)
As financial fallout dominates the news, BILL MOYERS JOURNAL explores how the shifting national priorities may be threatening what America stands for. Bill Moyers sits down with history and international relations expert and former US Army Colonel Andrew J. Bacevich who identifies three major problems facing our democracy: the crises of economy, government and militarism, and calls for a redefinition of the American way of life. “We're squandering our power. We are squandering our wealth to the extent that we persist in our imperial delusions. We're also going to squander our freedom,” says Bacevich. Respected across the political spectrum, Bacevich has contributed to THE NATION, THE AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE, and FOREIGN AFFAIRS, among others, and his latest book is THE LIMITS OF POWER: THE END OF AMERICAN EXCEPTIONALISM. Bacevich is a professor of history and international relations at Boston University.
Read debate-watching tips from campaign analyst Kathleen Hall Jamieson
Check out what JOURNAL viewers want to ask the candidates.
Find resources for decoding the fine-print in the bailout bill.
Read an excerpt from Andrew Bacevich's THE LIMITS OF POWER.
Watch our Emmy award-winning report BUYING THE WAR online!
An imperial presidency? Respond to Bacevich's assessment of government today.
JOURNAL senior writer Michael Winship on Andrew Bacevich, America and the World.
Each week, video, transcripts, and further resources and investigations from BILL MOYERS JOURNAL are available online at www.pbs.org/moyers.
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