Category: Poverty

With the headline of this post alone, I’ve probably lost a vast number of knee-jerkers who’ll not hear a tid-bit of anything that goes against what they perceive this …

While poring over the numerous stories about the Ferguson riot and its aftermath, one AP story stuck out in particular: “For Some, Location of Brown’s Hands Irrelevant“: Protester Taylor …

If CNBC wanted to present a case of poverty in suburban America, then the network could chose to feature one of countless Americans who ended up in poverty because …

Today in honor of a certain someone’s birthday, I want to take a break from politics and anything else that has been debated here recently. Although everyone is welcome to …

The other day I made do with a lazy post on the DEA seeking translators fluent in Ebonics.  One of the commenters was kind enough to link to this …

That from St. Lawrence University economist Steven G. Horwitz on the notion that the rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer. What follows has been around for …

Robert Stacey McCain has a link and discussion of an article out of England that almost made me sick. I’m going to put off the links until I’ve had …

Over the weekend, my colleague Rick wrote about a rather modest proposal to restore the notion of “shame” to those who depend on public welfare.  It’s an interesting notion, …

Found a post via Instapundit that I’m struggling with as I’m keenly aware that as a Christian and especially as a Catholic, the poor and the dispossessed demand my …