Two stories of personal opinion change, from:
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3 thoughts on “Political Journeys”
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Journeys?
Remember in all of History only One Man, 1 actually claimed the World is Flat. Here he is having another epiphany: “Then again, I may be wrong. Maybe my baby-boomer generation really does intend to eat it all and leave our kids a ticking debt bomb. ”
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/16/opinion/friedman-obamas-1-2-punch.html?_r=0
Thank you so much for the link. Robert Avrech is one of my favorite writers and thinkers, so I’m always ridiculously flattered when my writing ends up being mentioned in the same breath as his writing.
Friedman’s column misses the entire point of the Romney campaign and no wonder. The public does not want to eat its vegetable before dessert. Obama offered dessert paid for by “the rich.” I’m not surprised Friedman missed that.