Former White House Speechwriter: Rubio's Golden Age Vision Pushes America Toward the Stone Age

Ted Widmer, former White House speechwriter and historian, wrote in a Guardian op-ed criticizing Marco Rubio's speech in Athens on reviving Western civilization. He argued that the US government's approach to science, culture, and international relations is pushing the country toward a 'Stone Age' rather than realizing the dream of a 'Golden Age'.

Ted Widmer, a former White House speechwriter and history researcher, criticized Marco Rubio's speech in Athens about the revival of Western civilization in a note in the Guardian newspaper, writing that the US government's approach to science, culture and international relations, instead of realizing the dream of a "Golden Age", is pushing this country towards the "Stone Age".