Rock Creek, Montana Even in this age of fierce and abiding inequality and concentration of wealth, in the United States we undoubtedly have more “class deniers,” than we have “climate deniers.” LSU Professor Nancy Isenberg is fearless and uncompromising in her determination to call as many of them out as she can in her book, …
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Greatest Country, Leading Some, Trailing Many
New Orleans The conservative weekly news magazine from the United Kingdom, The Economist, publishes a “Pocket World in Figures,” ranking countries across the globe in areas large and small. Celebrating the US Declaration of Independence and our oft repeated claim by politicians that the United States is the “greatest country on earth,” it seemed like …
Pursuit of Happiness: Law or the Way the Wind Blows?
Little Rock The Supreme Court is front page on hearing several cases that could end discrimination based on sexual orientation in matters of their personal and legal rights to create life bonds based on love. Former President Bill Clinton came clean with a statement on the eve of the arguments that the Defense of Marriage …