In our racialist society, race always trumps class. In that sense, we do live in a classless society — at least as far as racial matters are concerned.
The most famous parliament in the world is falling apart. That neo-gothic pile on the banks of the Thames needs a multi-year, multibillion-pound restoration. But it’s not just the building that’s in disrepair: the institution itself cries out for a thorough overhaul.
His decision not to seek another Senate sent Washington into a tizzy last week, begging questions as to what prompted the surprise career choice and what it portends for control of the chamber beyond 2016.
Adam Davidson has a very nice New York Times Magazine article, "Debunking the Myth of the Job-Stealing Immigrant", in favor of "radically open borders." Here's how a top professional journalist and writer puts together the central argument, so much more cleanly than I can do it:
Brown’s pretty much closed the book on what would be a fourth run for the White House. That includes this back-and-forth on Sunday’s Meet the Press, during which he seemed to indicate that he’d be a player if he were 10 years younger (Brown, California’s oldest governor, turns 77 this year).
David Skarbek of King's College London and author of The Social Order of the Underworld: How Prison Gangs Govern the American Penal System talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the written and unwritten rules in America's prisons for the most violent and dangerous criminals.
When Condoleezza Rice was growing up in Birmingham, Ala. her parents — both educators who never made more than $60,000 between them — taught her to never be a victim. They told her she’d have to work twice as hard. But if she did, there would be no limits on what she could accomplish.
As he paid his last respects to an old friend today (March 28), former United States Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, 91, could not contain his emotions and teared up as he walked away from the casket of the late Mr Lee Kuan Yew.
Prospective presidential candidate Mike Huckabee called Saturday for the imposition of term limits on U.S. Supreme Court justices, saying that the nation’s founders never intended to create lifetime, irrevocable posts.
