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...Defining Patriotism Richard Stengel's "The New Patriotism" was helpful in understanding the theme of this presidential election [July 7]. Dissent isn't unpatriotic. We need a definition of patriotism that recognizes our nation's proud heritage but understands how much better we can be. Steven A. Ludsin, East Hampton, New York...
Otherwise, there's trouble in paradise. We're facing our worst real estate meltdown since the Depression. We've got a water crisis, insurance crisis, environmental crisis and budget crisis to go with our housing crisis. We're first in the nation in mortgage fraud, second in foreclosures, last in high school graduation rates. Our consumer confidence just hit an all-time low, and our icons are in trouble - the citrus industry, battered by freezes and diseases; the Florida panther, displaced by highways and driveways; the space shuttle, approaching its final countdown. New research suggests that the Everglades is collapsing...
...bought preconstruction condos in more optimistic times are scrambling - and often suing - to break contracts. This is our dotcom bust, except worse, because our local governments are utterly dependent on construction for tax revenues, so they're slashing school and public-transportation budgets that were already among the nation's stingiest. "This may be our tipping point," says former Senator Bob Graham...
...Some argue that today's basic standards of living surpass anything the nation has enjoyed historically. What's your response to that...
...EHRENREICH: The growing inequality in our nation and the plight of the lower classes and the middle class in our very polarized society...