{"id":9,"date":"2005-01-14T10:19:19","date_gmt":"2005-01-14T14:19:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/dbnews\/2005\/01\/14\/from-todays-globe\/"},"modified":"2005-01-14T10:19:19","modified_gmt":"2005-01-14T14:19:19","slug":"from-todays-globe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/2005\/01\/14\/from-todays-globe\/","title":{"rendered":"From Today’s Globe"},"content":{"rendered":"

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There are a couple of columns in today’s Boston Globe Op-Ed section
\n which are worth a read.  First in an excellent analysis of what’s
\n really going on with Social Security called "Generational
\n Warfare<\/a>", by
\n Ben Hubbard.  It points out that despite paying lip service to strong
\n ties between generations,<\/p>\n

\n

\n As for creating strong ties between generations, this administration
\n has harnessed every American under the age of 30 to an enormous national
\n debt — much of it accumulated in order to give tax breaks to the ultra-rich.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Excellent choice of verbs – harnessed – to describe the financial bit
\n and bridle fit to every non-millionaire American by the time they finish
\n their education and enter the work force.<\/p>\n

Right next door, the always erudite H.D.S. Greenway has a beautifully
\n written piece titled "Wise
\n Islanders<\/a>." in which he manages to connect
\n the Sentenalese tribesmen of the Andaman Islands, Marco Polo, Tienanmen
\n Square, Sherlock Holmes "The Sign of the Four" and certain isolated groups
\n of Amazonian natives with whom we have a passing familiarity, all in
\n a moving screed about "resisting the relentless march of modernity."
\n Hopeless but inspirational.<\/p>\n

"Wise
\n Islanders<\/a>."<\/p>\n

"Generational
\n Warfare<\/a>",<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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