Once More

Judging from the comments, the change of pace, from ego-centric to relevant news, was enjoyed. So let's get this started again.

This is one of my favorite columns to read, and sometimes their stuff is either kept in mind (for when I actually have enough money to choose clothes based on some criteria) or just discarded (I don't get asked to donate money for many events). This article is my favorite so far, because it can be pretty hard to find responsible clothes.
http://www.slate.com/id/2211757/entry/2211884/

I actually wondered about this myself during the presidental election, and the days directly following. A few times throughout the campaign, Obama unintentionally brought attention to the hip-hop culture, and its rising status today. I look forward to watching a presidency that engages with fashion and culture.
http://www.slate.com/id/2211626/pagenum/all/#p2

The stimulus package is pretty confusing. Thankfully the VP will be playing a role that is in compliance with the Consitution. Biden is pretty smart, but not an economist, or anywhere close. He billed himself as a foreign relations guru, poor guy, can't even do what he is good at. Jindal was not setting a good tone for the future of this stimulus effort. What would have been revolutionary is if he had made a few points of contention, but agreed on the basic idea. Did the GOP get the memo about post-partisanship??
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/26/opinion/26collins.html?_r=1&ref=opinion

This is just another scary aspect of the economy in one way, and in another way, a metaphor for the whole thing. Over-extension based on optimistic views of future growth, goods without a value because no one is buying them, a widespread market which is plummeting, an auction hoping to establish a price, and a wicked case of seller's remorse.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/26/realestate/26condo.html?em

This actually came to me via a fellow volunteer at the MBA. I actually had this idea.......but not the skills or resources to make it happen. Salmon is a good example for many reasons: it is widely consumed, readily available, and the low-carbon items are sustainable, while the high-carbon items are fairly unsustainable. Win-win.
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/40943

I had heard about this a couple months of ago, and thought it was so petty, and really just spiteful. Cheers to Stanford Law School's Fair Use Project for helping out an artist who was just making art, jeers to Associated Press for deciding to file the suit.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=101182453&ft=1&f=1012

This is just hilarious!! Some people read the instructions and know the rules and choose to ignore them, and then there are people like this, who don't even know if there are instructions, and that the rules are based off of your ability and resources. In all seriousness, this is actually pretty serious, or would be, except that only 1 of the 4 won. Wow.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=101186460

I think there will be good things coming out of this economic kerfuffle, but we can't see them right now. We in the general public sense of we. One of the good things will be a kind of economic natural selection, with the lazy businesses, and the fat, weak businesses going under, and the adaptive, resourceful businesses emerging even stronger. (I'm looking at you Sharper Image!) A few other things will be a "green infrastructure", a more educated workforce, and old, outdated jobs being traded for new jobs that will last until the next technological revolution.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123560071463276187.html

And finally, new technology, being used for something very old. This is a great idea, and opens up a lot of hypothetical doors.
http://www.newsweek.com/id/186531

Something I often wonder about while reading this different articles is how my generation is going to look. What will be our legacy, and how will we deal with our parent's legacy?? Any comments??

That is it for today.
Have a good day!