Man, that weekend was short. Hopefully the week will be, too.
Here are your links for Tuesday:
- The average price for gasoline hit $4 a gallon over the weekend, another psychological blow to Americans, the Wall Street Journal reports.
- The New York Times says the strain of high fuel prices hits rural America the hardest.
- Is the American Dream dead? That’s what USA Today is asking after 54 percent of the people it surveyed said their standard of living is no better today than it was five years ago.
- And in more uplifting news, Lehman Brothers says it lost $2.8 billion in the second quarter. Yowza.
- Honeywell said today it is selling its aerospace fasteners and hardware distribution business to B/E Aerospace for $1.05 billion.
If you see a story out there that Coffee Break readers would enjoy, send me the link at dloving@wichitaeagle.com.
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The ICON of the American dream is the Statue of Liberty. It promises freedom, liberty and justice for all … not based on class structure, race of ethnicity … but based on honest hard work by each person to achieve his/her goals and ambitions, thereby helping not only themselves but society generally.
Is this dream still available and achievable? Or has it evaporated like the huge billowing cumulus clouds after a spring rain?