I couldn’t agree with Friedman more.
America does need a reboot.
The ancient Greeks had a term for what we are missing, Arete roughly
“goodness”, “excellence” or “virtue” of any kind. In its earliest appearance in Greek, this notion of excellence was bound up with the notion of the fulfillment of purpose or function; the act […]
Not my title. Its the work of the inimitable Robert Reich.
The article is well worth the read as it explains in simple language some of the reasons why the stimulus and bail out are likely to fail.
Of course there are other problems including lop sided trade, automation and demographics in play but there is […]
This is an across the board excellent article that offers three great suggestions for liberals, re: the military.
1. Stop making a big brouhaha over recruiters on high school and college campuses. It’s not going to militarize the schools. Rather, as Thomas Ricks once said, it will “liberalize the military.”
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Hilarious
a sample
1. Republicans ask for the absurd, threaten nuclear/economic armageddon if there’s no action.
2. Democrats cower in fear.
3. We try to talk some sense into them.
The rest is great too.
I quite enjoyed Mr. Jenkins article but I think he is a bit off on the constituency of the American political system today.
Today’s Republican party is not like the party of 1980. There doesn’t seem to be a new Reagan or any kind of leader that can appeal to the broad base of under […]
Somehow I think its a lot more likely to the fact that people can’t afford an education.
However as I mentioned on the original boingboing article games like WOW and its predecessor EQ can be very addictive for some people.
I’ve seen many a life wrecked by them. MMO’s bore me so I am […]
Hale Stewart on the HuffPo lays it out clear as a bell.
In case you are wondering why they would do such a thing here are the reasons as I see them.
Republicans are fascists and like most of that breed they
#1 don’t care who they have to hurt to get power.
#2 […]
Originally on Reddit
An actual clever idea that might you know, work .
Its directed the the UK but would do just fine here. The extra cash BTW is a round up and exchange rate bump.
Chris Hedges tells it like it is on Truth Dig.
Imperial Pretensions and the Financial Crunch.
There is a lot to take in there. while I am strongly in favor of a mind our damn business foreign policy I do have to wonder of the “Imperials” have point. If we come home and put an end to our Empire of Meddling will the world be […]