California's deficit of common sense

California is rich. Even in the midst of a drought, we have lots of water, and in the midst of a recession, we have lots of money. The problem is one of distribution, not of actual scarcity. Full Story »

Posted by Chris Finnie - via Alexis Madrigal
Tags Help
Subjects: World, U.S., Business, Sci/Tech, Extra
Member Tags: military spending
Stats Help
# Diggs: 1 (as of 2009-11-01)
Editorial Help
Posted by: Posted by Chris Finnie - Nov 1, 2009 - 7:25 AM PST
Content Type: Article
Edit Lock: This story can be edited
Edited by: Chris Finnie - Nov 2, 2009 - 6:20 AM PST

Reviews

Show All | Notes | Comments | Quotes | Links
Chris Finnie
4.5
by Chris Finnie - Nov. 2, 2009

This piece falls in the category of speaking truth to power. Though Solnit starts with the current water wars going on in California, she ably expands her theme to the U.S. as a whole to examine how our priorities are shaping our future.

Having done a fair amount of research on the California budget and current water bills, I have to agree with everything she says.

See Full Review » (13 answers)

Comments on this story Help (BETA)

NT Rating | My Rating

Ratings

4.0

not enough reviews
from 2 reviews (34% confidence)
Quality
4.0
Information
4.5
Insight
4.5
Style
4.0
Context
3.5
Expertise
2.0
Originality
4.5
Relevance
4.5
Responsibility
4.5
Popularity
3.8
Recommendation
4.5
Credibility
3.5
# Reviews
1.0
# Views
5.0
# Likes
1.0
# Emails
1.0
More
How our ratings work »
(See these related stories.)

Links Help

No links yet. Please review this story to add some!