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Sunday, August 7, 2022

Would You Flip Burgers For $12 an hour? I Thought Not

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  I live near a Sonic Drive-In restaurant that has been closed lately during business hours. At first, I thought it closed for good, but yes...
Thursday, August 4, 2022

The Middle Class is Shrinking, But You Already Knew That

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In recent years, the Brooking Institution published a series of papers as part of its Future of the Middle Class Initiative. In a 2020 paper...
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Saturday, July 30, 2022

Biden Administration Flirts With Student-Loan Debtors: Throw Me A Moon Pie, Mister!

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 Mardis Gras parades are an ancient tradition in New Orleans, going back to the eighteenth century. Social clubs called krewes sponsor thes...
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Friday, July 29, 2022

Attention, Mr. and Ms. Middle-Class Americans: Corporate America Doesn't Give a Damn About You

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 You're a middle-class American, right?  You have enough money in the bank to be a Chase Private Client, which entitles you to a Chase P...

"Stepped in Blood": The Student Loan Program is So Screwed Up That There Is No Solution Without Pain

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I read Shakespeare's  Macbeth as a high school student, and I still remember one line from that play: I am in blood stepped in so far, ...
Wednesday, July 27, 2022

Air Travel is a Nightmare: Let's Travel Anyway

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 The Wall Street Journal reported today that the worst two airports in the world for delayed flights are Toronto and Montreal.  I can confi...
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Sunday, July 17, 2022

It's Good to Be Shifty in a New Country: Young People Should Be Cautious About Going to College

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  "It's good to be shifty in a new country," Huckleberry Finn observed in Mark Twain's most famous novel.  What does it me...
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