[PN] Crazy Americans ;-) (7 Oct. 2003)

[Steve McCarty]

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* Periodical articles on cultural issues

A tribute to Edward Said:
http://www.madison.com/captimes/opinion/column/nichols/57740.php

Jacuzzi U.? A Battle of Perks to Lure Students
By GREG WINTER
Competition for students is yielding amenities once unimaginable on
[U.S.] college campuses... "It's exactly the psychology of an arms race.
>From the outside it seems totally crazy, but from the inside it feels
necessary and compelling." [It's unbelievable that even public
universities are in the thick of this. After every news item about the
US these days, my wife says in Japanese, "Crazy Americans!"
I wish they'd reflect, because I feel implicated - Ed. :-]
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/05/education/05COLL.html

Arnold's Enron Secret
By Greg Palast, AlterNet, October 5, 2003
If Arnold wins, it's hasta la vista baby, to the $9 billion owed to
the state of California by Enron and the other electricity barons.
[Even Americans are saying "Crazy California." An earlier PN message
by Mark W. detailed the undemocratic structure of this recall process.
The author is probably too speculative in alleging that energy was the
ulterior motive for the recall, but it should be investigated. - Ed.]
http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=16902

Answers please, Mr Bush
By Michael Moore, author of Stupid White Men
The Guardian, October 6, 2003
[Goes a bit overboard and cusses, but raises good questions - Ed.]
http://www.guardian.co.uk/michaelmoore/story/0,13947,1056922,00.html

Avoiding the Rush to Gloat
By Farai Chideya, AlterNet, October 5, 2003
[Psychological balance for political balance;
an unusually reflective piece of journalism - Ed.]
http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=16898

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