Utopia Achieved

Okay, I have Internet again! YES! Anyway, on to the weeks reading's. I just finished the "Utopia Achieved" reading and I have to be honest with you.....these readings are making me feel like a total MORON! I mean I can't make heads or tails of any of it. I don't know how to sit and read these and be able to make any of it stick. I think what this one is talking about is the differences between America and Europe and the way that the people interact and view different things in there cultures?? I mean this one just jumped from one thing to the next throughout the entire thing. Talking about America and San Francisco being like Europe and then talking about how we handled the situations with the Indians ( casino not Slurpee ) and the blacks. Then it jumps to saying something about the assassination of Kennedy has something to do with the way that Regan is running the country. I am just so confused right now, I am trying to get into these readings I really am but I find myself having to start and stop A LOT in them to get my mind from wondering around endlessly while reading. Meaning that I can't get into them so my mind wonders to other things while reading so I have to stop and start paragraphs over and over again.