Everyone who studies the system agrees its financial base must be shored if promised benefits are to be paid to the tail end of the baby-boomer and succeeding generations. Tweaking the system now avoids crisis in 2038 when Social Security is projected to run out of cash. The prevailing perception, which shapes our attitude toward justice and peace in the region, is one of Israel under siege. Proposals for cheaper and better services are fairy dust. Gov. Jeb Bush, legislative leaders and the Florida Council of 100 are pushing for privatizing public services.
Privatization is headed for a train wreck.
At the insistence of internationally acclaimed conductor Daniel Barenboim, the Israel Festival decided in April to finance a concert of music that will perform Richard Wagner's Die Walkure in July at a prestigious venue in Jerusalem. Unsurprisingly, this created a domestic stir. He proposed, to paraphrase his predecessor, the end of arms control as we know it. Letters to the Editor . The Herald welcomes readers' letters.