tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-451269292138324901.post4774018765706689871..comments2010-08-11T11:48:04.026-07:00Comments on alien in mclean: The Benefits of the Slow StruggleRobinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08035369806740906241noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-451269292138324901.post-66290131683537531142010-08-02T12:46:28.917-07:002010-08-02T12:46:28.917-07:00These people who gripe about socialism and the col...These people who gripe about socialism and the collapse of America should read Keith Gessen's piece in the New Yorker about Moscow traffic jams and how the behavioral conditioning of the post-Soviet Russian person prevents any forward progress -- they are resigned to it because they are conditioned to be resigned to it -- and there's great accompanying video on the New Yorker site of Russians stuck in traffic jams.cyradariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14839971149405105272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-451269292138324901.post-49624778816592592022010-07-31T13:12:45.456-07:002010-07-31T13:12:45.456-07:00I didn't see it, but a couple of months ago he...I didn't see it, but a couple of months ago he had a running series of emails from people who smoke pot on a regular basis. People like you and me! Imagine!Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08035369806740906241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-451269292138324901.post-20045768397743610572010-07-31T12:16:25.630-07:002010-07-31T12:16:25.630-07:00I like him too. I first discovered that I liked h...I like him too. I first discovered that I liked his thinking in Oct 2001 when he published an article in the NYT magazine section entitled something like "Yes, this is a religious war." There didn't seem to be many people in my circle of friends and family who were of this point of view after 9/11. Andrew bolstered my own thinking and I was grateful to him for that.<br /><br />Did you see his marijuana cartoon yesterday? Sweet, charming, and (sadly) mostly true.Pam J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03397439327477925210noreply@blogger.com