The Liberal Politics & Current Events Book Club discussion

Last month, when Glenn Ford was released from prison for a crime he didn't commit, the state of Louisiana "gave him a $20 debit card for his troubles." That, plus the four cents he had left in his prison account, was all he had.

How do you build up the material accumulations of a lifetime overnight? How do you do it with no money? Where do you even begin?

Ford's friend John Thompson had a clever idea: Do what millions of Americans do when they are hoping that other people will buy them a whole bunch of stuff. Build an Amazon registry.

Read more: http://www.theatlantic.com/business/a...

His Amazon wishlist: http://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/wis...

The world is full of good people, and Americans are some of the best at it (though we are not the only good ones).

http://www.cnbc.com/id/101240935