How a Few Grand Ideas Wrecked American Power

Did the world really change after 9/11? Not according to Slate’s “War Stories” columnist Fred Kaplan. We’ll talk with him this hour about how the U.S. got so far off track, and what it may take to recover. His new highly-touted book is “Daydream Believers: How a Few Grand Ideas Wrecked American Power” (Wiley, 2008).