[Fuusm-l] Today's Issues Group Sept 26 2012

[Ted Goertzel]

The Today's Issues group is meeting at 9:30 on Sunday mornings in the
parlor of the Religious Education building next to the church.  For this
Sunday, Sept 26, we will be discussing two articles.

>From the September 23 issue of the New York kReview of Books,Elaine
Blair, "Hemingway's
Consolations
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1sGzeZ-dLN7Tmrr82N8bC0weC3_Q_DvjRSnq9GQXNn3Y/edit?usp=sharing>,"
It’s
preposterous to think of Hemingway, with his best sellers and personal
celebrity, as a writer’s writer. But is it possible that this might be the
best description of his status today?

>From the August 12 issue of The Atlantic, Mike Jason, "What We Got Wrong in
Afghanistan
<https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/08/how-america-failed-afghanistan/619740/>,"
Military
officers like me thought we were building a capable Afghan security force.
What did we get wrong? Plenty.  Alternative copy her
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1v067Wml199Dg1KGKx0fEzjhg6Bd1H_hmsZzq1ZeQ3m4/edit?usp=sharing>
e.

Both essays are available online, click on the links.  Please do the
reading and join our lively discussion.
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