The irony of this great piece being published by the NYT as opinion rather than front page news and a rallying cry is the sad irony of the NYT business putting it’s political, advertising or financial fortunes ahead of the country it was founded in that is deeply wounded. That is of course the point of the oped.

It’s ok for papers to have a voice and a direction; if the NYT really presented progressive news with the same presumptive entitlement of its coverage of pro-business and it’s practices, unquestioningly hegemonic crap it has spun out for 30 years or more we wouldn’t be here.