https://pjmedia.com/richardfernandez/2009/10/30/the-lordlings/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 01:58:59 -0400<![CDATA[Peggy Noonan adopts a meme that has been sweeping the blogs of late, the idea that America&#8217;s elite is broken; so broken she says, that it doesn&#8217;t know it&#8217;s broken. In a WSJ article, she describes the current and disastrous reign of &#8220;callous children&#8221;; people who have &#8220;never seen things go dark&#8221; and are leading their nation into the abyss.  For the first time, she says, the national mood is one of despondency. There are no solutions because the problems come from within. The heirs have grown strange and wayward. They have gone off into the dark to return at whiles speaking in odd voices.  Noonan describes the sense of loss she feels in the current economic and political crisis.]]>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:43:27 -0400<![CDATA[Richard Fernandez]]>https://pjmedia.com/richard-fernandez/2009/10/30/the-lordlings-n189341