“I’m going to explain the Donald Trump phenomenon in three movies. And then some text.” Source: How Half Of America Lost Its F**king Mind Salty language in that article, but David Wong hits on a number of important themes that will need to be addressed after Nov. 7, regardless of […]
Two reads and one listen that are more than worth your time. I’ll open with what I think is the best of the three, though it will require a longer time investment. Episodes 562 and 563 of This American Life delve into a topic people stopped talking about years ago: school […]
An outstanding post from my friend John today. Commended reading. Those people for whom the system doesn’t work, be they those who are born without the prerequisite cognitive abilities needed to prosper or be they those who, because of life circumstances that they had absolutely zero control over, had serious […]
Excellent read: The distance between poverty and “self-sufficiency” is a no-man’s land. “The Truth About Welfare” http://enduringandafter.com/2014/11/21/the-truth-about-welfare/
Ran across this article today in the Guardian. Recommend giving it a read. As America tries to drag itself out of recession, 15% of people here live under the poverty line. Why isn’t that a news story? The Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism found that out of […]
