1. It is very easy to get mad and upset about this news article. It has been going on for a long, long time by out-numbered Republicans. In an other sense, think about historians as they write about this era of inequality, and how keeping people away from the ballot box was nothing more than a continuation of the Republicans mantra of the denial of civil rights to those who have been continually denied:
http://www.
nytimes.com/2014/03/30/us/new-
gop-bid-to-limit-voting-in-swing-states.html?
emc=eta1&_r=0
2. Yes, we have the continuation of nations and powers haggling and fighting over that area of land above sea level. Here, the some-time interesting Thomas Friedman gives us a view on the games currently being played under the Arctic Circle for that time when Global Warming will eventually open up new sea lanes to global trade:
http://www.
nytimes.com/2014/03/30/opinion/
sunday/
friedman-parallel-parking-in-the-arctic-circle.html?
emc=eta1
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Juan
The greatness of America lies not in being more enlightened than any other nation, but rather in her ability to repair her faults. --Alexis de Tocqueville