One Function Of The Income Gap Is

Michael Jackson Was A Poor Black Boy Who Grew Up To Be A Rich White Woman

How The American Right Managed To Convince Itself That The Programs To Alleviate Poverty Are Responsible For The Consequences Of Poverty Will Someday Be Studied As A Notorious Mass Illusion.

On Bill Clinton: "if Left To My Own Devices, I'd Spend All My Time Pointing Out That He's Weaker Than Bus-station Chili. But The Man Is So Constantly Subjected To Such Hideous And Unfair Abuse That I Wind Up Standing Up For Him On The General Principle That Some Fairness Should Be Applied. Besides, No One But A Fool Or A Republican Ever Took Him For A Liberal.

The Trouble With Blaming Powerless People Is That Although It's Not Nearly As Scary As Blaming The Powerful, It Does Miss The Point. Poor People Do Not Shut Down Factories... Poor People Didn't Decide To Use 'contract Employees' Because They Cost Less And Don't Get Any Benefits.

I Know: "guns Don't Kill People." But I Suspect That They Have Something To Do With It. If You Point Your Finger At Someone And Say, "bang, Bang, You're Dead," Not Much Actually Happens.