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The Doomsday Industry
The Glittering Eye —
... There is a dreary sameness to the parade we have been seeing of impending catastrophes which never quite materialize. The most recent of these is swine flu but it isn’t an isolated example. Fareed Zakaria has noticed that the reaction to the economic downturn has followed a similar pattern: ...
Your Abbreviated Pundit Round-up
Daily Kos —
... capitalism any good. WSJ: The Obama administration has decided not to challenge a court ruling that undermines the military's policy of automatically expelling service members found to be gay. EJ Dionne: How Obama outmaneuvered his critics at Notre Dame. Ramesh Ponnuru: Note Dame is more evidence that pro-lifers are winning. Okay, that, or that the right is more delusional that I imagined. Fareed Zakaria: What did we get wrong about swine flu? By ...
NSN Daily Update 5/19/2009
democracyarsenal.org —
... Fareed Zakaria examines the effect of global fear and panic in the face of both the Swine Flu and global economic crisis, concluding that “the sense of urgency that makes people act -- even overreact -- and ensures that a crisis doesn't mutate into a disaster." ...
