American Exceptionalism

(via Syd O) Aren't you glad Roger Cohen joined the NYT op-ed page? Good column.

The damn-the-world, God-chose-us rage of that America has sharpened as U.S. exceptionalism has become harder to square with the 21st-century world’s interconnectedness. How exceptional can you be when every major problem you face, from terrorism to nuclear proliferation to gas prices, requires joint action?