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Fear + Anger = Violence

The events of the last few weeks have left many Americans anxious and fearful. Nothing stirs emotions quite like losing money. And Americans have lost a boatload. The financial gains they’ve made over the last 5 -10 years have disappeared. Seniors on fixed incomes are reassessing retirement and many will have to return to work. [...]

Posted 12 October 2008 † mark § Culture and Politics ‡ Comments (2) ° Also tagged: , ,

The Jackie Robinson Factor

The current US presidential campaign is arguably the most historic in modern history. It has all the elements that makes political debate in this country our true national pastime. We’ve had youth vs. age, conservative vs. liberal and men vs. a woman. For the political punditocracy their cup runneth over.
I confess, I’ve watched enough talking [...]

Posted 22 August 2008 † mark § Culture and Politics ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged: , , , ,