Berkeley – While the new Obama administration is commanding global attention, America’s future may be written – as so many times before – in and by its largest state. Once the lodestar for American optimism and achievement, California now illustrates the difficulties confronting the United States – and how much more can still go wrong domestically.
伯克利-虽然奥巴马新政府统领着全球注意力，美国的未来却可能-正如以前曾多次出现的那样-由其最大州决定。曾几何时，加利福尼亚州还是美国式的乐观主义和功成名就的指路灯，现在，该州却集中体现了美国所面临的困境 – 而且还显示了美国国内有多少窘境还没有暴露出来。