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essays, poems, and remarks – a little lost but with a purpose

Tag: income inequality

January 29, 2021

Dissecting the Death Rattle of American Decline

by p.w.eubanks Leave a Comment on Dissecting the Death Rattle of American Decline

I’ve been critical of “Hillbilly Elegy” and other theories that made the rise of Trump more the result of economic disparity than white supremacy. It’s the same argument that populism is a reaction to a dying Republican party, a “death rattle” as the party becomes smaller and has to resort to extremes to win. The […]

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April 12, 2020

Quarantine, Day 37

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Coming out of the Great Depression, one of the Civil Works Administration projects of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal was the construction of a small stretch of road through Bergen County, New Jersey and into lower New York State. It’s maybe one of the most beautiful drives you can take in this part of the […]

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April 28, 2015July 7, 2018

From the Wisdom of Solomon to Baltimore

by p.w.eubanks Leave a Comment on From the Wisdom of Solomon to Baltimore

There was a risky wager made when Lincoln gave the South a chance to be reconciled to the North without greater punishment than the loss both sides had so deeply suffered already, a wager that hinged on the hope that the “better angels of our nature” would prevail. The understandable hope was that time would […]

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April 3, 2015July 5, 2018

Some Thoughts for a Good Friday

by p.w.eubanks Leave a Comment on Some Thoughts for a Good Friday

The world has become ugly and dark. Terrorist groups slaughter. The wealthy grow wealthier as the poor remain poor. The planet itself is slowly but surely dying off, we’re told. Our most precious resources are grown increasingly scarce. Our best politicians follow the money instead of the heart. And for most of us that’s just […]

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