HOW TO SAVE AMERICA: STEP II

In which our intrepid social commentator boils down all the challenges facing our great nation into a relative handful of simple—but not simplistic—solutions.

 

Step II: End voice mail.

If, as some believe, Alfred Nobel created the Peace Prize out of remorse for his invention of dynamite, what do you think Stephen Boies owes the world as atonement for inventing voice mail?

When Samuel F.B. (FaceBook) Morse invented the telegraph, he typed an awestruck comment, "What Hath God Wrought?" to an...