“Knowledge is the best eraser in the world for disharmony, distrust, despair, and the endless physical deficiencies of man” — Orlando A. Battista, 20th century Canadian chemist and writer. * Inequality is growing among a sector of Americans who don’t even work: our children. David Brooks writes in the New York Times that “Equal opportunity, […]
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Michigan needs productive 'midlife crisis'
“Today, the country is middle-aged but self-indulgent. Bad habits have accumulated. Interest groups have emerged to protect the status quo. The job is to restore old disciplines, strip away decaying structures and reform the welfare state. The country needs a productive midlife crisis” — David Brooks, New York Times columnist. For the past three years, the New Year […]