Despite what my conservative friends say, I actually cleave to few radical notions, but one idea that they and their moderate brethren would consider pretty offensive follows. If we are to survive as a nation, as an economy, as a civilization, perhaps even as a species, we need to have an almost complete reversal in [...]
Making sense means less than it used to. “Means” has sort of lost its flavor as well. Semantics have fallen out of favor; a groundswell has swollen away with reason as entirely too much expectation for any one of us to handle. Rationality is a dodo bird, and logic–even simple logic–doesn’t candle-up to the infernal [...]
by Special Correspondent T.S. DeHaviland
Alan Greenspan, speaking on NPR’s occasional segment “The Long View” late last year, again perpetuated the dangerous myth that the gap between the rich and poor in this country is due to a lack of highly educated and highly skilled workers. There is no doubt that we lack them, of course: [...]