Signs of the Times: Global Economics
Notwithstanding, as Obama has pointed out, sacrifice for Americans is “a daily, more mundane experience, taken on by men and women obscure in their labor.” Such sacrifice we can believe in. In his view, we must re-envision the American Dream and thereby remake America by cultivating “a way of life that recognizes our planetary interdependence.”.......
http://www.newswithviews.com/Rae/debra147.htm
by Debra Rae
Her Diamond: Yoke’s on You
Nothing speaks subjugation like a man on bended knee, sliding a diamond engagement ring on the finger of his new fiancée. Yet, countless men engage in this emasculating, enslaving ritual every day. When asked why he felt compelled to prostrate himself while pledging to his “better half” a life of devotion, the typical man will utter: respect. Actually, he lowered himself so that she could secure a yoke around his neck........
http://www.newswithviews.com/Rudov/marc114.htm
by Marc Rudov
Take the Money and Run
Bystanders in devastated areas who watch looters helping themselves to TVs and tennis shoes more often than not wind up rushing away with goods they have no business taking, reasoning that they might as well. The mob rushes in for their “share” of the merchandise believing on some level they have a right to get theirs........
http://www.newswithviews.com/Mary/starrett195.htm
by Mary Starrett
Monday, 23 February 2009
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