New Orleans The lack of social mobility has finally gotten so bad that it seems even Republicans have noticed it. Horatio Alger and the “rags to riches” trajectory of the American dream are dead. The new narrative is best expressed as “rags to rags, and riches to riches.” According to a Jason DeParle piece …
Tag: class
The Right Wing’s Marriage Paradox
New Orleans One of the most interesting social changes whose long shadows go back to the dam burst of social values in the 1960’s is the long lasting disaffection with the institution of marriage. Not being a marriage booster (why surrender to the “oppression of the Church and State?”), I follow all of these numbers …