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A few days ago I read a column by conservative NY Times columnist David Brooks.  In “The Culture of Debt”, Brooks digs into the current economic downturn – the subprime mortgage debacle, the credit crunch – and points a finger not just at the political and corporate elites, but at ordinary Americans who have racked up obscene levels of personal debt. Continue Reading »

It’s been a challenge for me getting my daily dose of news of the world while cruising on Mexico’s Pacific coast aboard SV SolMate.

Sometimes we are within the magic radius of a sufficiently strong Wifi signal and then all my news subscriptions via RSS come streaming in courtesy of our terrific external Wifi antenna. But more often than not the bulk of my news comes from ham networks such as Amigo Net.

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