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Trickle-down Economics

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“Some people continue to defend trickle-down theories which assume that economic growth, encouraged by a free market, will inevitably succeed in bringing about greater justice and inclusiveness. . .

This opinion . . . expresses a crude and naive trust in the goodness of those wielding economic power . . .

Meanwhile, the excluded are still waiting.” — POPE FRANCIS

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It’s The Customer Experience That Matters

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“All of the razzmatazz we hear about facilities doesn’t amount to a hill of beans. It’s the customer experience.”

— Steve Wynn owner of “megaresort” destination casinos in Las Vegas and Macau China

“In my years of…

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In my years of elected office in Annapolis and Washington, I’ve never seen such reckless and irresponsible behavior.” Sen. Ben Cardin of Maryland

Uncertainty

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“It’s been great co-hosting the show with my husband. We will see you — I think? — again tomorrow.”    — Kathleen Matthews, with Chris Matthews.  Is this a tryout for a new “Hardball?”

‘Time Is An Illusion’

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“I did not count the days or the weeks or the months. Time is an illusion that only makes us pant. I survived because I forgot even the very notion of time.”   — Yann Martel in “LIFE OF PI”

“Across the nation . . .”

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“Across the nation, the most affluent Americans have been seceding from the rest of the nation into their own separate geographical communities with tax bases (or fees) that can underwrite much higher levels of services . . . Being rich now means having enough money that you don’t have to encounter anyone who isn’t.”

— Robert Reich in “AFTERSHOCK: The Next Economy & America’s Future.”

Question: What should we call these people who secede from America? Are they patriots? — John Hayden

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” Working Life …”

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“I have nothing to say of my working life, only that a tie is a noose, and inverted though it is, it will hang a man nonetheless if he’s not careful.”

— Piscine Molitor Patel in “LIFE of PI,” by Yann Martel

Life of Pi

Life of Pi (Photo credit: GBPublic_PR)

“America Is Splitting Apart”

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“Many blue states are moving further left, while red states are heading rightward. In effect, America is splitting apart without going through all the trouble of a civil war.”

— Robert Reich, June 8, 2013 (Read Mr. Reich’s three-page essay here.)

If you want more scary reading about the divide between red states and blue states, here’s an essay I wrote earlier this year: “America Divided.” Also see the related articles below. — John Hayden

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Online Games (How Much Time?)

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“In the United States, the average person under the age of twenty-one now spends almost as much time playing online games as they spend in classrooms from the sixth through twelfth grades. And it’s not just young people: the average online social games player is a woman in her mid-forties”

— Al Gore in his new book, “The Future”

Walk

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“Above all do not lose your desire to walk. Everyday I walk myself into a state of well being and walk away from every illness. I have walked myself into my best thoughts and I know of no thought so burdensome that one cannot walk away from it. … if one keeps on walking everything will be all right.”— Soren Kierkegaard