Sacred and Profane

If there’s one thing I’ve learned, it’s that I get a lot of mail when I write about spirituality and the economy. Funny pair, that is. Do I get a lot of mail because it’s something everyone is interested in, or because my take on them is a bit odd? It has to be the former, since these are the hot issues in public debate these days. Oh well, it’s not all about me. Tuesday is mail day, so let me go at ’em all the same:

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Making Stuff

For all the hoo-hah and excitement of political campaigns, there is one issue that isn’t being talked about. That’s hardly a surprise, since it’s been a big issue my whole life and no one has really wanted to talk about it. But that doesn’t change the simple reality that a lot of the problems in the USofA today are directly related to the simple fact that we don’t make stuff anymore.

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