I've been vacationing in sunny South Florida, hence the lack of posts this last week. I'm back to blogging now, for better or worse.
A random thought: Has anyone noticed that those who have been chanting the word "hope" the last two years are the ones proclaiming cataclysm, while those in the so-called "dismal science" are the ones who are optimistic about the state of the economy? Here are two articles published in today's New York Times, just one illustration of this schism.
