[Fuusm-l] Today's Issues Discussion, this Sunday Feb 2/13/2022

[Ted Goertzel]

The Today's Issues group is meeting at 9:30 on Sunday mornings to discuss
issues that are currently in the news.  We meet in person in the parlor of
the Religious Education building next to the church, and also on Zoom at:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8583258484?pwd=RFdJUGZOZkU4THArWFpnVkllZzh1dz09

Our suggested readings for this week are short news items, but you don't
have to have read these particular items to attend.  The items have been
posted in Google Docs so you don't need a subscription to the NY Times or
the Atlantic to read them.  Just click on the links.

Omicron Is the Beginning of the End
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vAohcbLJHKoJfzcDVQSQoEjpUgIsXy9lBDH-1P6Zm9E/edit?usp=sharing>

By Yascha Mounk in The Atlantic    This is about the current state of the
social response to the pandemic, people seem to be giving up on masks and
distancing even though COVID is still out there.


Trucker's Protest Grows in Canada,
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KTyejBpRUUs-q4XL41mtDoqzixUqWH9qiXRxr4hFoQE/edit?usp=sharing>
NY
Times Feb 7  This strike is getting a lot of attention in the US and even
the rest of the world.


The next two are about economics life today, what's behind the supply chain
problems and will the persist, and why do people feel so negative about the
economy even though unemployment is low and incomes are up, even accounting
for inflation.


Supply Chain Issues Will Likely Muck Up 2022,
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1z2oE8qytYSc1AEVx7iNX52vBAjnrPgRKhzM58zM5H_0/edit?usp=sharing>
NY Times, 2/7/2022


More Thoughts on America's Feel Bad Boom,
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ysg-bLV4yR06O1W5sHRvwx1FdzwmWzoLJSLom-ZiOVY/edit?usp=sharing>
Paul Krugman, NY Times 2/3/2022
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