DAN RIEHL ON THE SCHOOL-SPEECH CONTROVERSY: “That what once would have been a non-event is so incredibly controversial suggests to me that a great many Americans likely feel disconnected from the nation’s political affairs right now, as well as extremely concerned about what the future’s going to bring. The crisis Rahm suggested taking advantage of doesn’t just cut one way, after all. And I doubt that any alienation, or all the concern came about from just 9 months of any one term. For decades, we’ve been cruising along relatively content in an economic sense, even taking into account some real bumps in the road along the way. Now, I believe many people are genuinely worried and perhaps hyper-sensitive to just about everything political.” Interesting times.