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Reprised — Social Security: The Generational Betrayal

Larry Littlefield | January 10, 2015

Back in 2007 I wrote a series of posts on the future of Social Security on the group Room...

Uber Uber Alles?

Larry Littlefield | January 5, 2015

Because most of the existing U.S. housing stock is built in the suburban pattern, that is where the majority...

Maybe, the Police Unions Do Have a Point

Dominic Carter | December 31, 2014

Here is how we reported on the closed door meeting between the Mayor and the Police Unions at the...

Falling Wages: It’s Not Just the “Millennials” and It’s Not Just the Business Cycle

Larry Littlefield | December 27, 2014

A recent article in The Atlantic chronicled the diminished economic circumstances of young Americans in the wake of the...

For Spike Lee, D.C. Protest Amounted to ‘Do the Right Thing’

Dominic Carter | December 20, 2014

To discuss my encounter with Spike Lee at the Washington, D.C. weekend protest, requires first going back to 1989....

The Police Claim To Have Changed The World But Somehow Don’t Know the World Has Changed

Larry Littlefield | December 15, 2014

I try to avoid chiming in on the issue of the day, unless I have specific knowledge to add....

MY TWO CENTS: FROM FERGUSON, TO STATEN ISLAND, TO CLEVELAND, AND TO NEAR EVERYWHERE IN THE USA (the United States of Amnesia).

Rock Hackshaw | December 12, 2014

Recently, the public has been inundated by folks in media, with reports of widespread civil-unrest, rebellion, agitation, demonstrations and protests: all in response to the recent spate of outlandish police-killings where no indictments were handed down. Since last spring, we have seen a wave of shocking police-brutality incidents which have left many stunned and bewildered.

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