Class in 21st Century America
A discussion of class in America in the 21st Century through analysis of differential financial behavior as incentivized by the tax code
Tagged: class
Class, Behavior, and Just Dessert
“They don’t get to call themselves ‘middle class’ anymore!” is a conversation that shows up from time to time
Citizenship at Leisure In The Ball Pit Republic
Instead of the “Man in the Arena” section in “Citizenship in a Republic” denizens of the ball pit republic should ponder the rest
Attention Must Be Paid: The Electoral Lessons of the Working Class
The answer is no, liberals and NeverTrump conservatives haven’t learned a thing from 2016 about the working class.
Class and Race: Two Sides, Same Coin
Race, and to a larger extent, identity and class tend to intertwine and leaders have long used racism to get people to forget about class.
Old Men in Poorly-Fitting Pants
It’s too horrible to say any of this so baldly, so we find nice ways to phrase it. But that does us no good, recoiling into a cozy bed of euphemisms.
Should The US Bring Back The Draft?
Tom Ricks thinks so: Since the end of the military draft in 1973, every person joining the U.S. armed forces has done so because he or she asked to be there. Over the past...
More Facebook
Tom wrote a post a while back about employers demanding that employees turn over their Facebook passwords. My opinion was that this is a very bad idea, and Tod pointed out some salient reasons...
The Roots of Scandal
The clergy-abuse scandal that rocked the Catholic church throughout the last decade has probably gained the most attention regarding the criminal way that problem priests were moved around and never turned in to authorities....
Log in, glaze over, tune out
One of the several bees who are long term residents in David Brooks’s bonnet is that a certain kind of love between teacher and student is what really spurs learning. Today’s iteration of the theme occurs...
Economic Benefits of Marriage
In 2011 Pew Charitable Trusts published an interesting study showing just who is falling out of the middle class. – Compared with married women, women who are divorced, widowed or separated are between 31 and...
A Quick “OMG! Update” on Enders Game & South Carolina
Big, big, big hat tip to Erik who sent me an email today about the continuing breaking news surrounding the South Carolina teacher suspension for reading Scott Orson Card’s Enders Game that I discussed...
Portlandia in Portland, The Enders Game in South Carolina, and Why I Prefer Living In A Nation Over a Confederacy
There are few things on television today that are as beloved by we denizens of the Rose City as IFC’s Portlandia. While I believe that quite a few people in other parts of the...
