Here are the news articles and columns of today and recently that have caught my attention, with some opinions on them.
America's Greatest Historical Failure
The lack of any strong sense of strong pro-people social policy development and reductions in what few did grow in the mid 20th Century can clearly be seen relative to other nations globally, and has great consequences for most of the citizenry, as well as other peoples and nations around the world. Unfortunately we are in a deep cycle where no maturing and policy enlightenment is possible beyond a minimal level for at least another decade and probably beyond.
http://www.nybooks.com/articles/23519
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Comparing Phoenix and Seattle
When reading these observations, Seattle clearly comes out as the place to live.
http://roguecolumnist.typepad.com/rogue_columnist/2009/12/phoenix-and-seattle.html#more
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Conditions for the rise of a new Stalin are ripe all over the world, including here.
ReplyDeleteThe corporatists and elites never learn. Historically, they seem doomed to make the same mistakes, over and over again. They inevitably get knocked off, and within a few years a new crop of elitists rise to take their places. And the dance begins anew.