The Vanishing Americans

The Vanishing AmericansI recently had occasion to give a dinner party in London for a rather widely assorted group of friends and acquaintances. Among the guests was an outspoken Socialist I've known for many years. When the table conversation lagged, he seized the opportunity to deliver a political monolog, expressing views which were more than slightly left of center.To my amusement, one of my other guests, a vacationing American businessman, later felt constrained to ask me how I, a "lea...