He brought up every "doom and gloom" scenario except the feared and scarce-mentioned-aloud "man-bear-pig".
Neither the Pakistan-India nor the Israel-Palestine situation is beyond hope of being solved.
The planet is resilient, and with proper policy making, the Arctic ice will return.
The economy is in recession to be sure, but recessions have happened before, and a good Keynesian approach to it should work - as Nixon said, "we are all Keynesians now".
So while Mr. Ebert continues to warn us about the perils of man-bear-pig and the like, I think the rest of us should think about good, practical solutions, to real, solvable problems. Hysteria doesn't get us anywhere. Smart policy does, and frankly I think the President-elect is on the right track so far.
Neither the Pakistan-India nor the Israel-Palestine situation is beyond hope of being solved.
The planet is resilient, and with proper policy making, the Arctic ice will return.
The economy is in recession to be sure, but recessions have happened before, and a good Keynesian approach to it should work - as Nixon said, "we are all Keynesians now".
So while Mr. Ebert continues to warn us about the perils of man-bear-pig and the like, I think the rest of us should think about good, practical solutions, to real, solvable problems. Hysteria doesn't get us anywhere. Smart policy does, and frankly I think the President-elect is on the right track so far.