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News for the 'Downwardly Mobile Elite': You're Still Elite Jul. 29, 2025
A dear millennial friend and I once had a fraught conversation. It came back to me upon reading that... Read More
Winners and Losers Jun. 05, 2025
That's what tax bills are all about — who pays more and who pays less, who gets the benefits a... Read More
Golden Ticket in the Game of Life Goes to the Wealthy Jul. 26, 2023
In the 2022 midterm elections, white voters without a college degree cast their ballots for Republic... Read More
The Grand Larceny of Bank(er) Robbery and Executive Mediocrity Jul. 14, 2021
Exciting news from Wall Street: Our wealth markets are booming! For the 15th month in a row, everyth... Read More
Rich Whites Trying to Suppress Native Americans. Again Apr. 28, 2021
It's tough being rich. For one thing, you have to be on constant alert to keep commoners from encroa... Read More
Opt out of Social Security for Racial Equity Feb. 10, 2021
A recent Reuters headline read, "Yellen, Rice tout economics as key to fixing American inequality." ... Read More
King Would Have a Prophetic Message for Today's Church Jan. 16, 2020
My reflection on the celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day this year is a little more earnest si... Read More
What's the Charitable Thing to Do About Inequality? Jan. 08, 2020
Our society has coined expressions like "philanthropist" and "season of giving" to encourage and hai... Read More
Democrats Peddle Doom, but the Middle Class Never Had It So Good Dec. 31, 2019
These days, when you listen to the gloom of the media and many of the presidential candidates, you h... Read More
The Wealth Monopoly Nov. 13, 2019
I should start this homily on inequality by distinguishing income from wealth. Income is your annual... Read More
Business Roundtable Statement Contains Promising Words. So Far, They're Just That Aug. 20, 2019
The Business Roundtable, which represents the most elite of America's top chief executives, issued a... Read More
Government for the Rich, the Poor Be Damned Aug. 15, 2019
Donald Trump loooooves farmers. We know this because he says so. "Farmers, I LOVE YOU!" he declared ... Read More
Will Democrats Be Democrats or Fraidy-Cats? Jul. 31, 2019
"Trust me!" bellowed the billionaire Donald Trump to working-class voters in 2016, promising he'd be... Read More
Corrupt Politicians Should Stop Whining About Being Criticized and Do Their Jobs Jun. 14, 2019
No. I refuse. I don't care what they say. No way, no how will I make excuses for America's lazy, mor... Read More
Socialists Aren't as Cool as They Think May. 09, 2019
Nerds wear thick glasses and get good grades. They dream of being cool. Bullies torment them. Former... Read More
Let's Re-fund America May. 08, 2019
The powerhouses of Wall Street have tunneled directly into the cloistered backrooms of Washington de... Read More
A Lie, a Myth and a Question May. 01, 2019
Socialists like Bernie Sanders tell us that "the rich get richer, and the poor get poorer." That's ... Read More
Is Income Inequality Fair? Mar. 13, 2019
Some Americans have much higher income and wealth than others. Former President Barack Obama explain... Read More
Dems' Dangerous Ideas on Fighting Inequality Jan. 30, 2019
Leftist Democrats eyeing the White House in 2020 are plotting new ways to confiscate Americans' hard... Read More
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Crippling Tax Proposal Jan. 25, 2019
When it comes to resolving issues surrounding income inequality, Democrats want it both ways. They s... Read More
