MIDDLE CLASS – Watcher of Weasels

March 6, 2021

It’s no surprise to learn that FBI agents knew about the anti-Trump coup and stayed silent

September 25, 2020 Bookworm 1

Newly released FBI texts show that middle-class people will usually ignore principles and take whatever path helps them pay their bills. In May 2017, Trump fired James Comey. Comey, of course, presented himself (he still does) as the most virtuous man in Washington. But even then, before we knew that [Read More]

David Brooks: Further thoughts on his discriminatory cultural arrogance

July 14, 2017 Bookworm 2

If David Brooks wants to close the cultural gap in America, he should preach what his class practices: education, jobs, marriage, & children, in that order. David Brooks has been ridiculed (and rightly so) for offering readers this steaming heap of arrogance: Recently I took a friend with only a [Read More]