Kate, I thank you very much for the excellent/interesting article. I am halfway through and I will finish it.
However, there is so much debatable material expressed that I would think this may not be the right place to discuss it here. I fear we will have different opinions amongst the members of this forum, which might lead to bad blood down the road.
If you all disagree with me, and you really want to have a discussion about it, how about moving it to the sandbox?