Charles M. Blow, Empire at the End of Decadence, N.Y. Times, Feb. 19, 2011, at A23.
America is great in many ways, but on a whole host of measures — some of which are shown in the accompanying chart — we have become the laggards of the industrialized world. Not only are we not No. 1 — “U.S.A.! U.S.A.!” — we are among the worst of the worst.
