So now President Obama has presented his housing plans — and you have to sift through the usual perspectives on the left and right which are often (but these days not always) as predictable as tuning in and listening to the reactions of right wing talker Rush Limbaugh or left wing talker Randi Rhodes. What’s a concerned citizen TO DO?
For one thing, read this primer from The Atlantic’s Marc Ambinder, who coolly gives you the pros and cons and isn’t trying to advance any political agenda. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
Joe Gandelman is a former fulltime journalist who freelanced in India, Spain, Bangladesh and Cypress writing for publications such as the Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek. He also did radio reports from Madrid for NPR’s All Things Considered. He has worked on two U.S. newspapers and quit the news biz in 1990 to go into entertainment. He also has written for The Week and several online publications, did a column for Cagle Cartoons Syndicate and has appeared on CNN.