Sense and Nonsense

Reasons for Optimism?

Jim Fallows reports from the Aspen Ideas Festival that attendees are essentially upbeat about our prospects for coming out of our current crises stronger than we went into them.  See his post here.

Discord in Aspen

In his column in today's New York Times, David Brooks describes a dustup at the Aspen Ideas Festival between Harvard's Niall Ferguson and The Atlantic's James Fallows about the future of China's integration with America and the world.  Interesting.

UPDATE: Video below, from the website of the Aspen Ideas Festival: