the title of this article, NASA plans two-month manned dash to Mars
, brought to my mind pictures of a reality tv show in which two separate NASA missions head for mars. whoever gets there first "wins", and the world gets to watch it all on tv, helping to pay for the missions. of course, that's not what the article is about, but that's what i was thinking.
chris adams writes corruption is anathema to capitalism.
which capitalism is that? america's current economic corruptions reflect poorly on capitalism in the same way that totalitarianism under communist rule reflects poorly on communism. neither are prescribed by the economic system itself, but both are practical results. chris also writes There aren't that many people who still think socialiam is viable
untrue. whether or not they are right, there are still roughly a billion people in china alone who find socialism to be viable (even if they don't recognize they are no longer practicing it).