Coming to the Aid of Democracy, and of the Planet:
People are beginning to recognize that our democracy and its underlying constituency both need help. Here is Nick Kristof signing off at the NY Times to run for governor of Oregon. I really admire him for doing this, especially since he will probably lose.
Opinion | A Farewell to Readers, With Hope - The New York Times
A columnist offers lessons learned from decades on the front lines of reporting and explains why he is leaving to run for office.
The interesting piece here is where things are going to flood. You'd think just on the coasts, but unless you. live hear one of them, you tend to forget the rivers, and the heavy rainstorms that happen inland. People will be stunned by the cost of their flood insurance. https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2021/10/01/price-living-near-shore-is-already-high-its-about-go-through-roof/
I have great faith in the ability of Silicon Valley money to make things happen. Our voting rules definitely need changing; both parties say so, although tor different reasons and in different ways. What do you think of Reid Hoffman's plan? This is better than going off into space, right? He's at least trying to fix things on the ground.
Silicon Valley’s $100 Million Plan to Completely Fix Washington - Puck
In 2017, a Wisconsin dairy scion wrote a Harvard Business School case study applying “industry competitive analysis” to party politics. The result is a $100 million plan to transform election rules. Reid Hoffman and members of one of the Bay Area’s wealthiest families have already signed on.
Could you every imagine that Amazon has 1.3 million workers and is still growing? Wouldn’t you imagine they’d have better systems for processing attendance and leave? Well…
How Amazon Fired and Mishandled Workers on Leave - The New York Times
A knot of problems with Amazon’s system for handling paid and unpaid leaves has led to devastating consequences for workers.
OK, so what George Washington did is not really vaccination, it was inoculation, which is different. Read the piece to find out the difference. His requirement was much more scary, but everyone did it. https://allthingsliberty.com/2021/10/george-washington-and-the-first-mandatory-immunization/
I would hardly call Yahoo News the liberal media, but even they have figured out how high our number of deaths per capita is. https://www.yahoo.com/news/arizonas-pandemic-outlook-worries-experts-124533464.html