Tom, This could start a whole new thread on the (almost) "Memento" culture of modern society.
Meantime, thanks for posting the WSJ article on leisure. Most interesting. As you might expect, I smiled at: "The large role of the black market in many service sectors such as home repair in Europe -- an off-the-books market far bigger than in the U.S. -- provides a comfortable income for some, though it doesn't show up in federal tax coffers or official statistics." That gosh darned free market keeps popping up, doesn't it? Harry Tom wrote: >Kenneth who? > >The first rule of modern consciousness is forgetfulness. The next new thing >is always more important than whatever that thing was that we just forgot >about. Who cares about Kenneth Lay? Who cares about Bernie Ebbers? Who even >remembers? Let's all just gaze spellbound at whatever is on the plate today >and then lick it clean and move on to the next new thing. > >Tom Walker ****************************** Harry Pollard Henry George School of LA Box 655 Tujunga CA 91042 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: (818) 352-4141 Fax: (818) 353-2242 *******************************
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