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Want to Make Money? Work for the Government May. 08, 2019
Which class of full-time, year-round American workers has the highest median earnings? Is it the cla... Read More
Stealing the Tools Apr. 15, 2019
When I was very young, maybe 40 years ago, I worked with a number of unreconstructed workingmen. The... Read More
Unwarranted: Elizabeth Warren's Flawed Idea Feb. 21, 2019
Elizabeth Warren, one of the — what is it now, 211? — candidates for president, seems in... Read More
The Crisis of America's Upper Class Dec. 27, 2018
WASHINGTON — It had to happen. The United States of America has been the most desirable piece ... Read More
Democrats, Listen to Bustos and Keep Pelosi Nov. 20, 2018
Nancy Pelosi will probably return as speaker of the House and should. A proven master at running the... Read More
Front-Porch Politics Oct. 17, 2018
If you despair that a mysterious plague of incurable political knuckleheadism has swept our country,... Read More
The Happy Candymaker Vs. the Conventional Wisdom Sep. 11, 2018
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. — Barb Myers began working with Express Employment Professionals, an Okl... Read More
The Camera Adds 10 Pounds of Tears Sep. 10, 2018
I live in Fall River, Massachusetts, a city of 88,000 people invariably described in newspaper stori... Read More
Trump's Targets: The View From Fifth Avenue Jul. 24, 2018
Donald Trump once famously said that he could "stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebod... Read More
The Soda Bottle on the Dinner Table Jun. 04, 2018
A lot of the women President Donald Trump knows can be seen naked on the internet: his wife, Stormy ... Read More
We Already Knew This About Roseanne Barr May. 30, 2018
It was the fall of 1989. Or maybe the following spring. I remember the rising heat in the room but n... Read More
The Columnist's Cookbook May. 21, 2018
When readers send me emails, they often ask me for one of my favorite recipes. OK, so they don't. Us... Read More
Me and Cigars May. 14, 2018
I like a cigar every so often. I smoke Te-Amo cigars, a relatively cheap Mexican brand that the ciga... Read More
Fallout From a Layoff Apr. 17, 2018
Dear Annie: I am writing you in hopes of getting, well, a little shred of hope. I come from a lower-... Read More
50 Years of White What-ifs Apr. 04, 2018
America's white working class has never had a champion more eloquent than the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther... Read More
Fire Bell in the Night for the Ayatollah Jan. 05, 2018
As tens of thousands marched in the streets of Tehran on Wednesday in support of the regime, the hea... Read More
Whom Do We Thank for Today's Strong Economy? Dec. 12, 2017
A president deserves partial credit for a strong economy. The current economic numbers are good, so ... Read More
Little Shelter in the Land of the Scam, Home of the Fleeced Nov. 28, 2017
A circle in hell has been set aside for financiers who fleece ordinary folks. This hot place has lon... Read More
Jesus Christ Akbar! Oct. 27, 2017
It wasn't just a good newspaper story; it was a great newspaper story. On a Sunday night, the owner ... Read More
Are My Socks Gay? Oct. 23, 2017
I was sitting on the edge of the bed this morning, on my wife's flowered bedspread, happily pulling ... Read More
