Orson Scott Card, author of Ender’s Game (Semicolon review here) and many other titles of science fiction, fantasy, and historical fiction, is a Democrat and a newspaper columnist. However, in this column, he blasts both his party and his profession for their lack of truth-telling about the ongoing financial crisis in the U.S.
Take this:
This housing crisis didn’t come out of nowhere. It was not a vague emanation of the evil Bush administration.
It was a direct result of the political decision, back in the late 1990s, to loosen the rules of lending so that home loans would be more accessible to poor people. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were authorized to approve risky loans.
And this:
If you who produce our local daily paper actually had any principles, you would be pounding this story, because the prosperity of all Americans was put at risk by the foolish, short-sighted, politically selfish, and possibly corrupt actions of leading Democrats, including Obama.