The Changing Rules of Marriage, for Rich & Poor
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on July 28th, 2014 11:08 pm by HL
The Changing Rules of Marriage, for Rich & Poor
Stephanie Coontz, NYT
OVER the past 40 years, the geography of family life has been destabilized by two powerful forces pulling in opposite directions and occasionally scraping against each other, much like tectonic plates. One is the striking progress toward equality between men and women. The other is the equally striking growth of socioeconomic inequality and insecurity.
Putin’s Ukraine Unreality Show
Arkady Ostrovsky, Wall Street Journal
Common Core Money Can’t Buy Public’s Support
Joy Pullmann, Federalist
Glenn Beck hosted an anti-Common Core extravaganza tonight. At least in my neck of the woods, the theaters that live-streamed the event were sold out weeks before. It’s easy to criticize Beck—he can sound like a conspiracy theorist, and he hopped on the Common Core pony just in time to make a lot of money and publicity from people’s frustration and ignorance.
Led by Pelosi, Dems Are Winning Battle for Donors
Al Hunt, Bloomberg
The Democrats have little say in the agenda of the Republican-run House, and no dispassionate expert predicts the party will win control in the November elections. More likely is a Republican House majority for at least three or four more elections.That should be a prescription for chaos, despair and money woes for Democrats. Instead, the minority party in the House is unified and dominating the fundraising war with Republicans.
