Dear millennials: back in the 1980s a lot of us worked like hell to try to stop the Reagan revolution. We failed. This may be our last chance to save American democracy and the American middle-class.When my boomer generation was the same average age as your millennial generation is today...
American Dream,George CarlinviaIshtar[NOT WORK SAFE],Alternativew/text Forget the politicians. They are irrelevant.The politicians are put there to give you the idea that you have freedom of choice. You don't. You have no choice! You have OWNERS! They own you! They own everything. They ...
We were living the American Dream. Right after we were married, Hurricane Andrew, one of the most destructive hurricanes to ever hit the United States, slammed through Baton Rouge. Sustained winds of 100 mph ripped up our roof. Eight days without electricity left us with very little food and...
For example, my mother thought that I was insane when I wanted to watch American Murder: The Family Next Door. To her immense relief, I was interested in the psychology of the criminal rather than the crime itself. Although neuroscience is my primary interest, I also hope to learn more ab...
Today’s post is all about why you should thrift. I know it’s become quite popular in the last few years, but I also know that there are still some people out there who aren’t into it. Let me try to convince you! I started for finance’s sake, but along the way I’ve discov...
Here’s the way I’ve come to see it. It should have been no surprise that “On-To-Mars” never happened. The reasons directly affect today’s chances of tackling the task in the near future. First, since Apollo had gloriously succeeded in its major purpose—restoring American status as...
the “American Dream” of homeownership without having to fork over a large down payment. Generation Z is also full of renters. The prospect of homeownership is a large commitment at their age. With student loans, a two-bedroom rental property in a build-to-rent community is a lot more ...
It is possible to think that it could be good to be posthuman without it being good for us to become posthuman. This second thesis thus goes beyond the first. When I say "good for us", I do not mean to insist that for every single current human individual there is some posthuman ...
Thus the policy and the will of one country are subjected to the policy and will of another. There is an opinion, that parties in free countries are useful checks upon the administration of the Government, and serve to keep alive the spirit of Liberty. This within certain limits is ...
And in this American market, it is. As Jacob Hacker, Yale political scientist and author ofThe Great Risk Shift: The New Economic Insecurity and the Decline of the American Dream, explains, “The transfer of risk and responsibility from the broad shoulders of government and corporations onto th...