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Thursday, May 22, 2008
Hillary for Supreme Court justice?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
James Andrew Miller says Sen. Barack Obama should promise rival Sen. Hillary Clinton a seat on the U.S. Supreme Court as a way to foster party unity “without forcing a political marriage” i.e. offering Hillary the VP nomination.
As VP, Hillary and Bill Clinton could make life miserable for Obama, Miller writes. Is that a way out of the Democratic deadlock? Read column here.
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Death of car culture?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Philadelphia Inquirer columnist John Timpane writes that car culture has been good to us: “It has made this country great, made contemporary life what it is today. Life without cars- without the unquestioned right to personal mobility at will- is unimaginable.”
And yet- Timpane says the car culture no longer works and not just because of higher fuel prices and the impact of roads on the environment.
“The car commute amounts to a willing sacrifice of billions of hours of precious, production time. … This has wrecked family life for many who live farther and farther from work. It has created the commuter suburb, whose residents have little to do with their towns except, just about, the bed where they happen to sleep between commutes.”
Timpane predicts, “we’ll discover -gasp- we don’t have enough trains and buses for those who need them. Life will change. The roads will start getting lonely. It’s a while off- but worth thinking about.”
Is the car culture dying
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