Wednesday, June 25, 2008

What People are reading and talking about 06/25/08

DIG S - has sent a couple of articles about the difficulty of dealing with Pakistan as an ally. For one thing, Pakistan threatens Afghanistan if it crosses the border to chase invaders crossing from Pakistan. Figure that one out! As Dig says, "with friends like these..." CLICK

SPARTY - recommends an article from "The Nation" by Barbara Ehrenreich which points out that the rich are taking over all the beautiful places in the country and cutting the common folk out. They make it too expensive for the rest of us to even be there. CLICK

ALICE - While the membership of the Mormon Church may be divided about the issue of gay marriage, the Church bureaucracy Itself is fighting it in every state, and now California. CLICK

PAT W. - is reading "The Laws of Our Fathers" by Scott Turow.

IRISH MIKE - talks with great respect of the book, "Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln" by Doris Kearns Goodwin

SPARTY and BUD - both recommend this article from The New York TIMES about the increase in rail travel with this expensive gas we're enjoying. And the difficulty of expanding rail travel because of built in limitations. CLICK

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Ehenriech was on Colbert Report the other night. She has written a book called THIS LAND IS OUR(our is then crossed out and replaced with THEIR LAND. It deals with the subject Sparty referred to in the Nation. I like that magazine. Had to cancel my subscription, unfortunately. Alice