ELECTRIC CAR OVERVIEW -- 2012 ~ linkEVEYLYN LUNDBERG'S graduation speech: "So wake up and smell the ramen noodles." ~ Prairie Home Companion (audio/about 2 minutes)
BAD NEW SELLS MORE NEWSPAPERS -- "Is the Media Stifling the US Recovery?" ~ The Atlantic
Why are people growing more pessimistic even though the numbers suggest that things are not worsening but are actually mildly improving? Why are we so gullible and inclined to embrace the bad news? We enjoy seeing ourselves as victims.
"STUDY: Drivers have higher risk of skin cancer on left side" -- unless they're Aussies. ~ link
SOMETHING FROM ED STETZER to get us in the spirit for American Independence Day -- "Useless fact: guy who wrote Pledge of Allegiance was a Christian socialist w/a Nazi-style salute: http://is.gd/9LRPuQ"
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA plans to blanket the entire city with free Wi-Fi ~ link
"ARIZONA LAWMAKERS who received free sports tickets" -- It should be pointed out that receiving tickets is not necessarily illegal in Arizona -- as long as they are declared. At least that is my understanding. But some of this is pretty extreme. ~ link
I'M SURPRISED that Sweden is just now requiring teacher certification. ~ The Local
"IT IS BECOMING more common for Swedish families to choose to have a third child, a new study from Statistics Sweden (Statistiska centralbyrån - SCB) shows." Does this have anything to do with the growing number of immigrants living in Sweden? ~ The Local
GREG BOYD talks about God's providence and sovereignty ~ link
THE MIDDLE CLASS may be shrinking in the US but it is expanding in the developing world. ~ The Atlantic
YESTERDAY'S SERMON on 1 John 1:5-2:2 is online (transcription -- more or less cleaned up with all the ahhhs and likes removed -- along with embarrassing moments where I lose my train of thought.) ~ FreshFishFood.blogspot.com
1 comment:
"Why are people growing more pessimistic even though the numbers suggest that things are not worsening but are actually mildly improving?" One reason is when past promises of prosperity, recovery, or security proved hollow. Another reason is a broader perspective on the numbers. We haven't recovered or improved to any real extent; it's just that our fall has been halted. (See the graph of U.S. civilian employment to population at "http://goo.gl/uswbE".)
Also, maybe people are heeding Republican threats to clobber the federal credit rating by refusing to raise the debt limit.
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