AT&T has agreed to acquire T-mobile... GSM monopoly in the USA, dogs and cats living together, we'll be switching to Sprint.

http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/20/atandt-agrees-to-buy-t-mobile-from-deutsche-telekom/

Combine AT&T's draconian and invasive cellular plans with the only other independent GSM operator in the entire Unites States of America? This isn't something that should be allowed. Where are the Hoover anti-trust busters when you need them??

Dogs and cats living together... seriously.

--Jack

Fareed Zakaria posted an excellent piece on his website March 3 2011:

Are America's Best Days Behind Us?

I first read Mr. Zakaria's work years ago when he was doing a regular column for Newsweek. There was always something unique about his writing: a sense of clarity, the perspective of someone who isn't entrenched in one dogma or another. It was one of the things I missed most when I cancelled my Newsweek subscription. Not so much from being tired of its pages but more having less time to read them. I also suspect they stopped offering me the new subscriber rate.

Anyway, if you'd like a thoughtful, non-partisan, intelligent read on the reasons America is where it is and where it may find itself without thoughtful guidance, look no further.

--Jack