America is drunk
Murray: The New American Divide - The ideal of an 'American way of life' is fading as the working class falls further away from institutions like marriage and religion and the upper class becomes more isolated. Charles Murray on what's cleaving America, and why.
Environmentalism and the Leisure Class:
It is not that the average person is not concerned about the environment. Everyone weighs the balance of economic gain against a respect for nature. It is only the truly affluent, however, who can be concerned about the environment to the exclusion of everything else...
Where Does ‘Women and Children First’ Originate? - It's British, stemming from the "Birkenhead Drill" of 1852.
The NPR style (h/y Vanderleun)
Chavez: The college racket - This bubble needs to burst:
At one time, a college degree was a virtual guarantor of secure, well-paying employment. Now, most college grads leave school with large debts — more than $27,000 on average. A college degree also no longer signifies that the recipient is either well-educated in the traditional sense or that he has acquired specific skills suited to the labor market.
How Much You Study In College Determines What You'll Get Paid For The Rest Of Your Life
Allergies: Shouldn’t we be cracking down on nuts?
The dawn of lower pay on Wall St. Related, Wall Street Woes: Poor Hardest Hit
Why Hate Firms, Love Cities?
In NY, Cracks in the Socialist Reality Bubble Begin
How Can Obama and the Democrats Deflect Blame? Let Me Count the Ways.
Census Bureau Plays the Race Card
What race is Obama? Black or Caucasion or Middle-Eastern? What race am I? If the one-drop rule applies, I am Native American. And since when is "Hispanic" a race? Are people from Spain "Hispanic"? Are European Cubans Hispanic? Are Central American Indians Hispanic? Or Indians? Are black Cubans Hispanic? So confusing. And I haven't even gotten to the Irish: definitely a race - and a race with a history of cruel discrimination in the US for which generous compensation is due (my kids are 1/4 Irish and would welcome a check).
Welfare tourism in the UK
Middle America loves conservatives who stand up to liberal bullies
What’s the Conservative Case for Upholding ObamaCare?
Jay Carney: Obama Doesn’t Really Spend a Lot of Time Campaigning
Strange How the Media Didn’t Care About Infidelity in 1992 and 2008\
Nietzsche on Eggshells - A new book on the philosopher’s American reception soft-pedals his dark influence.
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