Buck Up, America!

This author offers a much needed reality check, a healthy dose of hope, and a coach-like pep talk followed abruptly with a teammate's slap on the back side. "Go Team!"

http://blogs.the-american-interest.com/wrm/2010/09/07/buck-up-america/

La rentrée is what the French call this time of year: the re-entry. Everything comes to a stop in August; it is too hot to work, and the whole country slows down during the late summer dog days. Then, come September, we come back from the beach, from the cabin in the woods, or wherever we’ve been, and the life of the working world starts up.