Homeless people draw derision, pity, and disgust.
They are America's untouchable caste. Perhaps there is an element of denial in that scorn. If I can point at them in blame, I can feel that their fate will never happen to me.
Irans president, Ahmadinejad, is suffering from exhaustion.
Its probably because he is not sleeping at night. Watching oil prices fall from $147 a barrel to $57 is the kind of thing that gives an Iranian autocrat bad dreams. The Soviet Union collapsed following oil price reduction in the 90s - will that be the fate of the Iranian regime?
Get the low-down here:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/29/opinion/29friedman.html?ref=opinion
