James Kunstler, a remarkable writer, blogs at the somewhat controversial but always on point "Clusterfuck Nation." If you have a tolerance for language peppered with words like "clusterfuck" then add James to your regular reading - he is prolific, he is verbose and he is always passionate. If not, then wait on Katie Couric or Anderson Cooper to say the exact same thing, but to process it more palatably for your tender brain. Mr. Kunstler has written about the "mutilation of American cities," post-World War II suburban blight and sprawl, and the general economic, political and sociological "problems" of these United States, since the early 1970's during his days as a writer for Rolling Stone and since 1975 when he dropped out and began writing books. Today's article, "Original Sin" details how the banking industry became propped up by suburban sprawl and how the unsustainable growth of "consumer culture" has broken down into a heap of chipboard and vinyl. If you are … [Read more...]