If you're sitting at home unemployed, anticipating being employed, or you've watched your 401k shrink to a 201k  enroute to being a 101k and you're wondering what the hell happened, then let me give you one very good reason.

The reason: The unreasoning focus on cultural issues by some voters resulted in unquestioning loyalty to elected officials who used their positions to implement a warped philosophy of government resulting in the economic collapse we have today.

Part of what our nation must do to achieve consensus and restore prosperity is to achieve a cease fire in the culture wars.

This article talks about how that truce might be achieved.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/22/opinion/22saletan.html?_r=2&th&emc=th