Microfinance's reliance on peer pressure for repayment must be the envy of any mainstream banker struggling with rising foreclosures and "jingle mail".
What they are certainly not finding, however, is any change in attitude of mainstream scientists: most still totally reject the very idea of telepathy.
And they were vehement in their opposition to the Vietnam War, managing to stay true to their liberal beliefs while creating music that resonated in the American mainstream.
But even confused even confused, or to continue to live, there is still hope that everything, and it is also the upper mainstream of the United States of expectation.
"Isn't the mainstream media the least bit curious about what happened?" wrote conservative writer Jennifer Rubin earlier this year, referring to the attack on Americans in Benghazi, Libya.