When the Rich Get a Hair Cut
Those of us in the bottom 90 percent rarely get to see, much less interact with, the 3 million members of the […]
Category: Inequality
On Trump’s Proposal to Ban Muslims
Donald Trump – and his supporters – should be careful when proposing that we target a group for persecution. Who knows, morons […]
A Punch to the Gut
$100 Million for two boxers to pummel each other for our amusement. Somehow the same system cannot find the money to provide […]
Why Poor Students Struggle in College
Here is an article from the New York Times that discusses some of the cultural challenges students from lower socioeconomic backgrounds confront […]
Labor Dazed
On Labor Day I took my daughter to the parade. It’s an event full of meaning but for her it was mainly […]
This is How Power Works: A Primer and Illustration
The following post was written in 2014 during a controversy on our campus involving the resignation of a recently-hired University president, Timothy […]
The half-million dollar question
Here is a link to a guest column I wrote for our campus newspaper. It deals with, among other things, the way […]
Four Decades Of Taxes And Spending, In 2 Graphs
Here is an interesting look from the Planet Money team at NPR at how our taxing and spending has changed little over […]
Let Them Eat Peppers!
I recently had a chance to visit an old friend who moved to Scotland several years ago. He and his wife now […]
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