Watching and doing

Late in life I am learning a new trade. The plumber, while installing the new, ADA-compliant toilet in our mostly DIY bathroom remodel, was praising my can-do spirit by suggesting that many professionals got their start this way, by watching and doing.

Indeed, watching is one of my favorite activities. I watch the Rock Solid guys on TV, installing a rock waterfall next to an outdoor stone fireplace. I watch the Tool-Belt Diva (my idol and nom de guerre in the remodeling wars) get down with a wet-saw. I watch Candace Olson coat every vertical surface with brown paint or glass tiles as I purr my approval while downing a pint of Chocolate Fudge Brownie Fro-Yo.

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Whaddya mean, “economic justice?”

As we noted in last month’s essay (“Where Are You, Economic Justice Person?”) there are no comic-book superheroes devoted to the promotion of economic justice—but you may be pleased to know that there is at least one relevant comic book.

It’s called “Economic Meltdown Funnies,” and it’s available at (what else?) economicmeltdownfunnies.org. A project of Jobs with Justice and the Institute for Policy Studies, this 16-page comic lays out a cogent analysis of the root causes of our present economic troubles, in an accessible and comprehensible way.

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