Résumé of a Recent College Grad
Or, Why Didn’t I Listen to my Parents and NOT Major in Liberal Arts? Résumé Highlights of Qualifications: · A liberal arts degree from a private elite college, … Read more
economy
Senator Ahab is a Sneetch
Graduating from distressed to obsessed: Ted Cruz There no longer lies any shame in obsession. Monomania reigns supreme in this country. Along with twerking. Once a month the … Read more
A New Voice of Morality Responds Bluntly to Right-Wing Rants Against Anti-Poverty Programs
Despite so-called recovery, poverty is worse The bluebirds of happiness are chirping away in our nation’s treetops these days, for America is now in the fifth year of … Read more
The Least Laboring of Days
It’s Labor Day, everybody! Hey, it’s Labor Day, everybody. Woo-hoo. Okay, we’re partying now. Throw your arms in the air and wave them like you just don’t care. … Read more
Where Labor Day Came from, and Where It’s Going
The creation of Labor Day was a 12-year struggle Webster’s dictionary tells us that Labor Day was “set aside for special recognition of working people.” That’s nice, but … Read more
Walmart’s Waltons: Getting Ahead on the Backs of Others
Walmart’s CFO is puzzled by reluctance of customers to spend on discretionary items Having been raised in a small-business family and now running my own small outfit, I … Read more
Real Reason Über Rich are Hoarding the World’s Wealth
The ultimate insurance policy for the über rich Turn on any news channel these days, especially the liberal, left-leaning ones, and you will see a panel of analysts … Read more
Forget Student Loans — Make Higher Ed Free
An enlightened society wouldn’t burden graduates with student loans Well, finally! Hard-right congressional leaders and the Obama White House have agreed that interest rates on student loans should … Read more
Motown Returns to Detroit, City Returns to Life
Detroit revived by Motown revival The return of the famous soul music legend Motown Records to its birthplace Detroit has had an ebullient effect on the bankrupt city. … Read more
Blessed are the Rich
For the rich giveth by taking away One thing I’ve come to value in the last couple of years is the altruism and keen economic insights of the … Read more
