Fenster writes:

The Wire is, by a wide margin, my favorite television show ever.

Or, to put it in the currently fashionable way: my favorite. television. show. ever.

Over at The National Interest, Francis Fukuyama writes a very nice appreciation of the show.  Over the course of his career, Fukuyama has been up, down and all around but I think you have to say this: he is a very serious thinker who does his best to be intellectually honest about his subjects.  That makes him a little slippery and hard to categorize–which in my book is fine.  We have altogether too many people with answers and not enough people poking around trying to find the right way of thinking about the questions.

In any event, during the current silly season, one in which Ayn Rand has been brought back almost to the point of respectability, it is wise to step back and look at what is right in front of your face, as Fukuyama does with the lessons of The Wire.  I won’t summarize–read it if interested and comment here.