I know David Brooks meant to be sarcastic and funny when talking about these issues, but I'm very scared for America's future precisely because of the inequalities we face in many of the areas he mentions.
ACCURACY -- Mr. Gore does have proposals in the areas he mentions, and President Clinton did sign an overhaul of the welfare system into law in 1996, establishing time limits.
One area he mentioned, officials said, was for the bank to provide disaster insurance to poor countries to protect against floods or drought.
Within his coverage area, he mentioned Occidental as a large-cap company that's highly leveraged to oil prices and identified Concho Resources, Continental Resources, Encore Acquisition, Plains Exploration & Production and Whiting Petroleum in the mid-to-small-cap area.
He mentioned several areas, including anticorruption efforts and the rule of law.
But he said Mr. Obama would focus on federal spending on high priority areas "and among the things he mentioned as being central to economic recovery are science and technology".
When I asked Mr. Jensen what makes San Diego's beer scene remarkable, he mentioned the area's strong home brewing culture.
When the executives were asked to name emerging areas, they mentioned Denver, Boulder, Colo., Chicago, Minneapolis-St.
While he did not specifically tell me if this was an official policy of the Forest Service in our area, he did mention that he was glad to see us out gathering that day.
