Chris Hedges was a foreign correspondent for nearly two decades for The New York Times, The Dallas Morning News, The Christian Science Monitor and National Public Radio. He's the author of such books as War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning (2002), American Fascists (2007), I Don't Believe in Atheists (2008) and Empire of Illusion (2009). He is a senior fellow at The Nation Institute and has taught at Columbia University, New York University and Princeton University.
His latest book, Death of the Liberal Class, was mentioned by Walt in "What's wrong with Obama? The Economist tells us". Mr. Hedges's theme, in that book and the speech which follows, is that liberal institutions are to blame for the downward spiral of the American political system.
He was invited to give one of the Big Thinking lectures at Congress 2012, he argues that the liberal class — the press, universities, liberal religious institutions, labour unions and the Democratic Party — have forsaken their core values and sold out to corporate interests.
Mr. Hedges explains why and how "the Leviathan of liberalism" has become so omnipotent that it cannot be challenged by Walt or the Tea Party or anyone else who believes that the message of "hope and change" presented by Barack Hussein Obama (successfully) or Michael Ignatieff (unsuccessfully) was and is nothing but a sham and illusion.
Warning: This is a full-length lecture! The video runs four seconds over an hour and 12 minutes. Listen to it when you're doing something else, so you don't just sit in front of the screen twiddling your thumbs. You don't really have to watch it. Just listen... and listen well!
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