I am sorry, but I just can’t find much positive about the commercialization and obsession with sports (not to mention the racism, misogyny and exploitation of students). I think it is a distraction from what really matters. I am in Paris now where workers are protesting changes in their pensions (on the horizon for U.S. workers, too). I often hear that it is the ONLY thing that Macron can do to stabilize pension system (echoes in U.S.), but it is NOT—the real solution is to make the wealthy pay the same proportion of income in taxes as the rest of us. (On a more selfish note, the trash collectors have cleared the streets of accumulated trash during their strike.). Another sign that I am in the right place at the moment—our hotel is across the street from our favorite bookstore in Paris, “des femmes,” which proudly announces the publication in French of Andrea Dworkin’s 1980’s landmark book, “Woman Hating.”
Morrison, your focus on the dynamics of our popular sports puts my post in the light of an allegory, perhaps as an aspiration. Your "on the ground" description of of the strikes and the aftermath in Paris is interesting. Being a few steps away, Is the bookstore like your private library (with guests)? Thanks for your comments!
So clever 😁💙
So well said, Deda. Thanks.
Brilliant, Deda. I loved it!
Nicely done❣️
Perfect, Deda! What a wonderful reminder of what we have lost on the field of politics.
Helen, this is an interesting point you make, about what has been lost.
I am sorry, but I just can’t find much positive about the commercialization and obsession with sports (not to mention the racism, misogyny and exploitation of students). I think it is a distraction from what really matters. I am in Paris now where workers are protesting changes in their pensions (on the horizon for U.S. workers, too). I often hear that it is the ONLY thing that Macron can do to stabilize pension system (echoes in U.S.), but it is NOT—the real solution is to make the wealthy pay the same proportion of income in taxes as the rest of us. (On a more selfish note, the trash collectors have cleared the streets of accumulated trash during their strike.). Another sign that I am in the right place at the moment—our hotel is across the street from our favorite bookstore in Paris, “des femmes,” which proudly announces the publication in French of Andrea Dworkin’s 1980’s landmark book, “Woman Hating.”
Morrison, your focus on the dynamics of our popular sports puts my post in the light of an allegory, perhaps as an aspiration. Your "on the ground" description of of the strikes and the aftermath in Paris is interesting. Being a few steps away, Is the bookstore like your private library (with guests)? Thanks for your comments!