Dissent Of The Day

A reader writes:

I know you are committed to the view that Obama presented us with an opportunity to wind down the American empire.  I often sympathize with your point of view, but there are at least a couple problems with it.  First of all, I don't think there is any longer a politically significant strain of non-interventionism in the USA.  It is still strong enough to create minor presidential candidates like a Ron Paul, but it doesn't have much more life in it than that.  Second, do...