Poverty and Snow Storms
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on May 19th, 2014 11:08 pm by HL
Poverty and Snow Storms
Thomas Sowell, RealClearPolitics
Many years ago, in upstate New York, there was a lady who was caught in a fierce snow storm that produced conditions called a “whiteout.” That’s when the snow is falling so thick and fast that all you can see in any direction is just sheer white. This lady wandered around in the storm, struggling to try to get home, but there was no way for her to know where home was. Eventually she collapsed in the snow and died — something like 50 feet from her home that she could not see. All too often that image comes back to me when I see so many people in poverty wandering off in all directions, either…
Media Missing the New Populist Wave
Salena Zito, RealClearPolitics
Brian Sullivan now knows the frustration that many Republicans feel every time some media outlet trots out another wackadoodle who says, with assumed authority, that he or she represents the party’s mainstream attitudes. Sullivan, the likeable CNBC anchor and host of its “Street Signs” program, comes across as an Everyman on his show. On a recent MSNBC “Morning Joe” segment, he passionately rebutted the panel’s conversation about the state of Republicans. “Can we stop saying ‘the Republican Party’? As somebody that grew up in a conservative household, I…