Nini's

My previous post was a little optimistic. I'm stuck back in upstate New York, using a PC at the local library (omit terrorist joke here). Seriously, libraries are one of the great inventions--we should thank Ben Franklin and Andrew Carnegie regularly.

My title takes off from thoughts on the health care system--it's pervaded by the influence of American individualism. (More to follow.) But the "nini's" are also a symptom of individualism--nini as in:

• "Not invented here"--NIH
• "Not in my backyard"--NIMBY.

Are there more ninis?