And of course, there's an even bigger picture. A few hours, or maybe a few days after you close the book, you'll think of the previous issue of MAD, “The 20 Dumbest of 2011: the Year we Ran Out of Money”, and you'll notice an ongoing, evolving theme. Perhaps more strongly than libertarian political commentators, MAD reframed the 2011 US Downgrade as not a failure of government, but a failure of those governing. For an issue so strongly themed around paucity as #514 to follow on from “20 Dumbest 2011”, MAD certainly seems to have profound something to say. And watching them over the next few weeks and months, watching them work towards saying it (I'm assuming in “20 Dumbest of 2012”) will prove bracing. Read Full Review
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