In the Soviet Union, capitalism triumphed over communism. In this country, capitalism triumphed over democracy.
Nationality: American Type: Journalist Born: October 27, 1951 |
Interpreter of Maladies is the title of one of the stories in the book. And the phrase itself was something I thought of before I even wrote that story.
The U.S. government has in recent years fought what it termed wars against AIDs, drug abuse, poverty, illiteracy and terrorism. Each of those wars has budgets, legislation, offices, officials, letterhead - everything necessary in a bureaucracy to tell you something is real.