Lou Dobbs ain't alone - he has peers in several countries, all whipping up domestic passions and scaring people about global trade, as Rich Karlgaard points out. Even as they personally enjoy French wine, German cars, Cuban cigars, Japanese gadgets.
If you are one of the 40% of my readers outside the US who read my blog, you need to challenge your own Lous. We need the best and brightest - people, products - from everywhere. They are much more likely to help the bottom of the pyramid than the populist politicians.