Peter Canellos is a Moron

Here.

It is difficult, even on a Dada, Captain Beefheart level, to write what this man writes with a straight face. Peter Canellos is the literary equivalent of that thin beige porridge like cat puke on the carpet that greets you as you wake up in the morning:

There are other signs in the Pew survey that America's image problem in the world is fixable. For one, no other country has captured the world's esteem.

Or:

In addition, the United States is viewed positively in some Asian countries with fast-growing economies, suggesting that American capitalism still has a global appeal.

Was this written by an ad copywriter for Kentucky Fried Chicken or by the cardboard carton of mashed potatoes itself ?

Once again, the Boston Globe is the worst newspaper in the world.