Dear E,
Thanks for your email.
Now that the economy is
heading south -- and, in the process, taking Obama "to the ropes"
-- Arthur is not as optimistic about America's future prospects. He's not
desperate but does see very hard times ahead, especially if Romney wins.
In particular, Republican
victory in November bodes radical reformulation of the Supreme Court. Ginsburg
will almost certainly not serve another 4 years and will be lucky to survive
that long.
As you know, Citizens
United was stupid enough.
But if Romney appoints another flat-liner toThe Supreme Court, that once
august body will become a freak show for twenty years, maybe more.
Still, with solar energy
reaching grid parity (perhaps within five years) -- and with many excellent
communitarian efforts flying under radar -- we could soon enjoy an
unexpected ground-up Renaissance in which off-grid "city
states" taking the lead... http:// paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/ 2012/06/department-of-energy- sees-solar-grid.html
(Even now, Hillsborough is an exceptionally lovely place to live, as is
daughter Maria's Asheville.)
To nourish hope, read
(or at least read about) "All That We Share" by Jay
Walljasper with an introduction by Bill McKibben.
Here is a pertinent article
by Walljasper, published in Yes! magazine, which -- if you do not know the
publication -- is dedicated to Good News! http://www.yesmagazine. org/happiness/all-that-we- share
Pax vobiscum
Pax vobiscum
Alan
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