Fogotten wisdom: Eisenhower’s vision of America

Here are some good quotes on America’s role in the world, from the farewell address of US president Dwight D. Eisenhower.
“America’s leadership and prestige depend, not merely upon our unmatched material progress, riches and military strength, but on how we use our power in the interests of world peace and human betterment…”
“Throughout America’s [...]

Flourescent lights, worker psychology and cultural alienation

I was in a huge department store today and noticed the fluorescent lights. Really wretched. Must be hard and stressful to work under those for 40 hours a week.
See, that’s the problem. We’ve got a country—or more like a world, now—full of people working under fluorescent lights, and maybe in cubicles, too. [...]