It hit me today as I was wandering through a small town in southern Minnesota. With the clarity of a cloudless day I understood the economic reality of the Midwest. Since I moved here three years ago (35 months ago, to be exact) I have been struck by the vast number of American cars that [...]
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Locally Grown
Posted by Shoshana Hebshi on June 9, 2009
http://shebshi.wordpress.com/2009/06/09/locally-grown/
…The Worst of Times.
Like the millions of NPR-o-philes out there, ears glued to the local public radio station while maneuvering through afternoon/evening traffic, I heard a story that made me wonder if the country would ever recover from this economic meltdown. The story was about the long-term unemployed: those who have been looking for work for six months [...]
Posted by Shoshana Hebshi on June 5, 2009
http://shebshi.wordpress.com/2009/06/05/the-worst-of-times/
