Thoughtful Articles of the Week
September 12th, 2005 | Published in General
Jane Jacobs (Interviewed by Jim Kunstler)
Ties That Bind at Mealtime (Jonathan Yardley)
Sitting and eating a meal is something a struggling family needs. Strong families are already doing it.
Extremism USA (Douglas Groothuis)
Everything in America has to be biggie size. Groothuis says, “We crave stimulation, bigness, and bravado to hide our inner emptiness and to impress others. But beneath it all is the same needy, shabby self, which can never be cured by the excesses of the flesh.”
Private FEMA: In Katrina’s wake, Wal-Mart and Home Depot came to the rescue.
The beauty of the free market system.