The Goods Are Odd

The collection of articles (and other new media pieces) in the current issue of the NY Times Magazine cries out loudly the fact that in this time of much uncertainty about many things we are not, in any way, short on solutions or great minds working on every level. It seems we are simply short on the political advantage.

But its clear from presidential polls that the credit crisis may shift that advantage with growing support for the candidate that is more likely to address the root causes of the economic situation. So this uncertainty of the markets has a number of silver linings: more socialist solutions are seen as necessities- we might start to feel like we pay taxes for things that actually benefit the wellbeing of our communities rather than wars; support of a more comprehensive even holistic approach to policy making with equality at its core; and the simple fact that leaner times seem to be making us shift our resources to goods and activities that reconnect us with our communities, our families, our health.

Yes, I’m just so full of hope this Saturday afternoon- read The Food Issue of the NYT mag and get the same bug. Michael Pollan’s (long, but stick with it) piece (that I mentioned was coming), this new media piece about the refrigerators of food activists (note that they walk the talk- for the most part), and a refreshingly more extensive word from Mark Bittman (I love the videos, but I appreciate his actual articles as well)

P.S. How did they do this image?!