Take Notes Newsweek Commentators

Since I've highlighted an example of poorly-devised China commentary, I thought I'd point out P.J. O'Rourke's
Trading with the Enemy? as what I'd consider a more positive example. To begin, he admits his ignorance: "I JUST GOT BACK from three weeks in China. So I'm a China expert--by Bush administration standards." He critiques the U.S. political rhetoric by the standard of economic reasoning, and advances a coherent opinion, viz. the concept of a trade imbalance implies protectionist thought processes. To quote South Park, [sneeringly] "they took our jaaaawbs."