Aha!

     Perhaps I could be considered a ‘news junkie.’ Daily reading includes the Minneapolis Star-tribune, the Washington Post and the Huffington Post. These are all online. That brings up a ‘too late smart’ episode. The Little House is about 20 miles from Madison, SD, a town of about 5,000 population. A couple of years ago I searched many locations in Madison for a print copy of the Minneapolis paper to no avail. DUH..eventually it dawned on me to subscribe online. In addition to these online subscriptions I also get the Economist, print edition.

    Reading today’s Minneapolis paper gave me one of those “aha” moments. Evan Ramstad is a new, regular columnist in the business section. Ramstad writes “George Friedman, a Texas based business consultant….His 2009 book “The Next 100 Years” has turned out to be remarkably prescient—and has stayed in print as a result.

     In his most recent book ‘The Storm Before the Calm’ Friedman writes about rage. “One thing he predicted in the more recent book has already become true: Rage has surged in the country the last few years. He sees that as ‘a useful American tool’ and sign of a broader renewal. ‘We constantly reinvent ourselves, and that reinvention enrages people,’ Friedman said.”

     That seems like an ‘aha’ insight helping to explain the angst of our time. He also predicts that before long countries with be competing for immigrants to supplement falling birth rates. Meanwhile thousands languish at our borders seeking entrance to the U.S.

Takk for alt,

Al

         Helicopter parked on the deck of our ship, the USS Princton.