Good piece but it did not mention an essential element driving the the age wars and that is the changing race/ethnicity demographic. The political polarization in this country is similarly reflective of a changing racial/ethnic divide. We have older mostly white people with little investment in an increasingly non-whit...more

If Denis Rodman can go to North Korea then I guess Jay-Z can go to Cuba. Could there be a better example of the absurdity of capitalism though? "Theyrr thinking their cool but really theyz a tool just playin the fool" "Theyrr talking real loud but it's really a reach in place with no fee speech" "So give us a bre...more

Our solutions to fiscal problems are apparently governed more by our ideas about our identity than by a rational understanding of economics or appreciation of experience. Though it may seem counter-intuitive, it's the bottom rungs of the economic ladder that we need to engage. It was the fiscal policies of WWII and the...more

If the minimum wage was adjusted for inflation and for increases in worker productivity since its inception, it would be about $22 per hour. If the minimum wage were raised significantly it might hurt some businesses but it would help grow others.  As a CEO I can tell you that this country's economic models are based o...more

Unhappy is as unhappy does. The quality of life of working people has been circling the toilet for years. They are working harder, producing more and have less to show for it. But what do they do about it? In many cases, they continue to support the policies that make them poorer. What made the middle class that we r...more

It's not "Black" history. It's American history. It's the story of who we are as a people; the good, the bad and the ugly. 10% of us are not the descendents of people who came here to be free. They came here as slaves and for hundreds of years some have fought to transcend that injustice and some are still steeped in t...more

The essential people in any economy are the ones that put food on your table, a roof over your head, who care for you when you are sick, teach your children, get you to work or protect your streets. If they are just the cogs in the wheel to the benefit of some money-manipulator taking it off the top, then something is ...more

Oh those gun people are so funny! Instead of a show about a family of gun sellers, they could just have a reality show where gun people talk about their distorted view of reality. Now that would be entertaining!

Why don't we not rush to judgement. I know any number of hard working people who lost jobs late in life, who had uncovered health care cost or who just go killed in the crash. I know a guy who spent every dime he had caring for his sick wife. No, he didn't live within his means but can any of us blame him?