Letter from Washington / A Shallow State of War: Reflections From An Un-Serious Nation

In mid-April, Rep. Sue Myrick, a soft-spoken Republican from Charlotte, North Carolina, sought to shake her nation from its slumbers, announcing a 10-point ‘Wake Up America’ agenda ‘to alert, and educate, Americans to terrorist threats here at home posed by radical Islamic extremists.’ Save a few conservative newspapers and blogs, barely anyone noticed.