Things could have been even worse. This week, we managed to avoid driving off a cliff. But we're still on the road to nowhere.


Regarding the last-minute deal that ended the 2013 U.S. government shutdown just before the U.S. defaulted on its debt - The New York Times Columns


Things could have been even worse. This week, we managed to avoid driving off a cliff. But we're still on the road to nowhere.

Things could have been even worse. This week, we managed to avoid driving off a cliff. But we're still on the road to nowhere.

Things could have been even worse. This week, we managed to avoid driving off a cliff. But we're still on the road to nowhere.

Things could have been even worse. This week, we managed to avoid driving off a cliff. But we're still on the road to nowhere.