Atlantic Magazine has an interesting issue with a series of articles on the state we're in. It looks like the web site version of this is incomplete and that we will have to purchase the dead tree version to get the full report.

What is the Real State of the Union?

  thanks to Cursor

Many thoughtful articles by many thoughtful people but they may have missed a teensy detail...

The New American Filter

Here's a good bet: Young, good-looking, hip and upcoming policy wonks aren't going to bite the hands that feed them.

If a public policy group holds a conference or a press briefing in Washington, D.C. that is sponsored by big corporations, then the discussion will barely mention big corporations, their role in causing the problems, or solutions that might adversely affect those big corporations.

You can take it to the bank.

Case in point:

This week, at the National Press Club, the Atlantic Monthly Magazine and The New America Foundation co-sponsored an event titled, "What is the Real State of the Union?"
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  thanks to Cursor