Cross Currents

A cross cultural blog
March 05, 2013 09:05AM
“I'm sorry if you thought that was rude. I didn't take you for someone who cared about whether you were perceived as knowledgeable about the details of…”
About: "After all, tomorrow is another day"
March 05, 2013 05:31AM
“The worst thing for Maine is that the ACA funds medicaid expansion by cutting reimbursements to hospitals for free care to the uninsured patients who c…”
About: The Death Throes of a Movement or a Cuture?
March 05, 2013 05:15AM
“We could go back and forth on what we thought the other meant, but I doubt it's productive. Can we agree that I apparently didn't get your point and yo…”
About: "After all, tomorrow is another day"
March 04, 2013 09:02AM
“When did I say I thought equality was a fetish? Or that voting rights is an "racial entitlement? I was making a side point on your post, not respo…”
About: "After all, tomorrow is another day"
March 04, 2013 01:31AM
“I think serious biographers have concluded that Jefferson believed that all men are equal, but his status as a wealthy landowner able to concentrate on…”
About: "After all, tomorrow is another day"
February 18, 2013 12:39PM
“Your stories are quite good, but that white on black in your blog is hell on the eyes. I have a friend who doesn't even know what country his father's…”
About: Valentine's Day: A Holocaust Love Story
February 08, 2013 11:23AM
“The biggest problem is Haiti is just abject poverty. I don't know how anyone can be lifted out of poverty while paying usurious interest rates.”
About: Microlending in Haiti
February 08, 2013 11:10AM
“A book is ultimately a story and there have always been a variety of price points for the same story: hardback, trade paperback, mass market paperback,…”
About: Ebook Dreams: All-You-Can-Read Buffet & Selling Used Ebooks
November 11, 2012 11:53PM
“I was looking forward to reading why you might have joined the GOP, but really got a good analysis of why you left the Democrats, which is not the same…”
About: Confessions of an Undercover Republican
November 07, 2012 09:53AM
“You need to change your impression of Maine. The greater Portland area is the biggest city/metro area. It's full of transplanted Bostonians looking for…”
About: Quo Vadis GOP?
November 07, 2012 06:09AM
“The Republicans have to ditch some of their ideology: 1) anti-immigration. Hispanics tend to go for a number of the core GOP planks: "family values…”
About: Quo Vadis GOP?
November 06, 2012 12:55AM
“@Malcolm LBOs are often successful. The technique would have died if it didn't make money for the LBO artists. But, to have a success story, you need a…”
About: Romney and Business: What Bain Capital Really Does
November 05, 2012 08:52AM
“@Malcolm People (who may be innocent) need to be defended when accused of crime, so defense lawyers have a role to play. Companies need to raise capital…”
About: Romney and Business: What Bain Capital Really Does
November 05, 2012 02:47AM
“@Sky You don't need to look far when looking at Bain. Look at Bain capital's website. It describes itself as a "private equity" firm. Read the…”
About: Romney and Business: What Bain Capital Really Does
November 05, 2012 01:17AM
“@Kosh I wasn't criticizing you for not having a solution, my comment is that I haven't seen anywhere any policy proposals that I think address the probl…”
About: Romney and Business: What Bain Capital Really Does
November 04, 2012 02:21AM
“But what I have yet to see is a good policy proposal for curbing abuse and dealing with the practices that have so grossly widened inequality. I don't…”
About: Romney and Business: What Bain Capital Really Does
November 04, 2012 02:13AM
“I read an interesting comment that said the finance and banking sector is vital to the economy at some given size, but if it grows beyond the optimal s…”
About: Romney and Business: What Bain Capital Really Does
November 03, 2012 04:53AM
“@Kosher I'm not entirely convinced that the economic benefits to society as a whole accrue to individuals. If discrimination and reducing competition w…”
About: Repost By Request: A Brief White Person's Guide to Racism
November 03, 2012 03:11AM
“@Sky No, I don't equate recognizing a difference with discrimination on the basis of that difference. However, what we focus on as important influences…”
About: Repost By Request: A Brief White Person's Guide to Racism
November 02, 2012 03:57AM
“You've got your priorities all wrong. 1) Who cares if racism is economically costly or not. (BTW I didn't find much proof of this claim) It's wrong, t…”
About: Repost By Request: A Brief White Person's Guide to Racism
November 02, 2012 03:18AM
“Most of Romney's plans boil down to posturing. He thinks sounding "strong" will make the world leap to his command. He thinks with him as Pr…”
About: Campaign Redux: The Lesser of the Lesser of Two Evils?
November 01, 2012 09:29AM
“I think we always have to speak up about racism. Not harangue people, but one polite comment to shame them, like, "Did you just say what I think y…”
About: Rant from a Partisan Mom
November 01, 2012 07:42AM
“In the end, you have to choose priorities. The economy, the Supreme Court, the Middle East --- they all matter. In 2008, I figured the country was sp…”
About: Ignore the Bigger Picture at Our Peril
October 29, 2012 05:48AM
“It seems to me that you need alcohol for sex because you are getting physically intimate before getting emotionally intimate. Alcohol makes it easier,…”
About: Tying one on: sex, drugs and alcohol
October 29, 2012 02:56AM
“I find that a lot of the problem is looking at all issues in terms of two points of view, one wrong and the other right. Even when talking with people…”
About: Common Ground
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