There's something happening here...

The Buffalo Springfield song "For What It's Worth" was penned as an
anti-Vietnam message, I believe. Regardless, when things get confusing,
I tend to think of the line "there's something happening here, what it
is ain't exactly clear," when I feel surrounded by change.

We don't get any newspapers at home (well any major ones at least) since
I am a firm believer in the Internet and frankly, just don't have the
time.

With the Passover holiday and a slew of family members around to help
with the kids, I was able to enjoy the Wall St. Journal and Washington
Post, reading almost every section.

There was something refreshing about it and I did come across articles I
probably would not have stopped to read online.

Something struck me. There's an undercurrent that is playing across many
of the stories in these papers. It's Globalization. We've talked about
it and now it's playing itself out.

-the student riots in France
-rising energy prices
-Iranian nuclear ambitions
-the immigration issue (both in the US and Europe)
-the problems at General Motors
-rise of China/US-China summit
-the number of foreign players in the NBA

It's definitely a force that not one of us can control individually.
What's more, I think we are powerless, pretty much as a whole, to stop
it. That leaves a Darwinian choice of monumental proportions. Adapt or
die.

Hate to put it in those terms, but I think that is what it is coming
down to. You need to study Globalization and think about it may/may not
impact you and just do what you can to make sure you are damn ready,
because it is here.