http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/20/opinion/20brooks.html?th&emc=th

After viewing the new movie, Where the Wild Things Are, NYT columnist David Brooks offers insight into the messy conglomerate of subconscious impulses people have to manage. His piece highlights a classical heroism that puts the subconscious dynamic into a funnel like context, and that contemporary psychology offers an alternative view. But I feel there is something to be said that mankind, from ancient to modern times have striven for the classical view. It shows that there is a consistent directive toward what is righteous or virtuous, and what is not, rather than not characterizing situational virtue.  

Nobel prize winning economist, Paul Krugman breaks Republican economics in half. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/30/opinion/30krugman.html?th&emc=th

I wish I could disagree, but all I can think of is an argument against spending too much.... But I'm pretty sure its time to reign in the capitalists, adjust for the masses and make an investment in our people. Next time, Krugman should enter scientific/engineering education into the long-term social safety net plan.

My favorite NYTimes conservative contextualist tells us how the manner we approach the problem could really bite us in the ***. Lets roll with the Dems this time, but beware the pitfalls.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/30/opinion/30brooks.html?_r=1&th&emc=th


JF