Category Archives: Middle Class
Republicans Need a Time Out
Nobody likes a spoiled child. He is unhappy and unsure of himself. He needs help in changing his ways, in growing up. A quick consult with “Your Child and You –A Guide for Solving Childhood Problems” confirms what most Americans
Republicans Need a Time Out
Nobody likes a spoiled child. He is unhappy and unsure of himself. He needs help in changing his ways, in growing up. A quick consult with “Your Child and You –A Guide for Solving Childhood Problems” confirms what most Americans
Health Care Hysteria
Critical Care As the halls of Congress morph into a Critical Care Unit, the GOP’s prescription “to preserve our freedom” appears to be to pull the plug on Obamacare- STAT! Although Senator Ted Cruz’s overt hysterics appear to have gone
Health Care Hysteria
Critical Care As the halls of Congress morph into a Critical Care Unit, the GOP’s prescription “to preserve our freedom” appears to be to pull the plug on Obamacare- STAT! Although Senator Ted Cruz’s overt hysterics appear to have gone
A Soaring Economy
The soaring economy of post war America was the gold standard for the American Dream. The people of Mid-Century America had never been more prosperous, never had Dad the breadwinner taken home so much money. The soaring strength of the
A Soaring Economy
The soaring economy of post war America was the gold standard for the American Dream. The people of Mid-Century America had never been more prosperous, never had Dad the breadwinner taken home so much money. The soaring strength of the
All American Beauty
Reflections on Beauty Who’s the fairest of them all? In the great cultural cauldron of 20th century America there was one basic ingredient to being an American Beauty- Caucasian. Well, apparently that old-fashioned recipe for prejudice is still being
All American Beauty
Reflections on Beauty Who’s the fairest of them all? In the great cultural cauldron of 20th century America there was one basic ingredient to being an American Beauty- Caucasian. Well, apparently that old-fashioned recipe for prejudice is still being
Cold War Defrosted PtII
Is the Cold War coming out of the deep freeze? Having caught a Cold War chill I never could quite shake, the current frosty relations between President Obama and Russia’s Vladimir Putin send a shiver down my spine, as childhood
Cold War Defrosted PtII
Is the Cold War coming out of the deep freeze? Having caught a Cold War chill I never could quite shake, the current frosty relations between President Obama and Russia’s Vladimir Putin send a shiver down my spine, as childhood
American Dream Doesn’t Add Up
Two Schools of Thought Simply put, sometimes the American Dream seems very black and white. According to a new study by economists at the University of California, Berkley, the current income inequality between the have’s and have not’s has never
American Dream Doesn’t Add Up
Two Schools of Thought Simply put, sometimes the American Dream seems very black and white. According to a new study by economists at the University of California, Berkley, the current income inequality between the have’s and have not’s has never
Cold War Defrosted
The increasingly frosty relations between President Obama and Russian President Vladamir Putin sends a big chill down my spine, as childhood memories of the Cold War are quickly defrosted. The cold war world of black and white, us vs them
Cold War Defrosted
The increasingly frosty relations between President Obama and Russian President Vladamir Putin sends a big chill down my spine, as childhood memories of the Cold War are quickly defrosted. The cold war world of black and white, us vs them
Suburban Lawn Doctor
Images of a green, velvety carpet of grass remain symbolic of home, family and the American Dream. In mid-century America a deep green lawn was evidence of nothing short of good citizenship. So what was a patriotic suburban home
Suburban Lawn Doctor
Images of a green, velvety carpet of grass remain symbolic of home, family and the American Dream. In mid-century America a deep green lawn was evidence of nothing short of good citizenship. So what was a patriotic suburban home
Working Women
Labor Day is a good time to start learning to “lean in,” ladies. The first Monday in September is officially” the day to commemorate the social and economic achievements of the American worker.” No question, working women today have it
Working Women
Labor Day is a good time to start learning to “lean in,” ladies. The first Monday in September is officially” the day to commemorate the social and economic achievements of the American worker.” No question, working women today have it
White Wash
View the Entire Image of White Wash Despite the fact that many women were on the front lines in the civil rights movement, not only the driving force behind sit-ins, but helping to organize the 1963 March on Washington, the
White Wash
View the Entire Image of White Wash Despite the fact that many women were on the front lines in the civil rights movement, not only the driving force behind sit-ins, but helping to organize the 1963 March on Washington, the
Envisioning The American Dream 