The Cycle of Poverty and the Culture of Poverty

May 6, 2015 | Uncategorized

FILE - This Thursday, Feb. 10, 2011 file photo shows boarded-up buildings in Camden, N.J. The ranks of America's poor have climbed to a record high, according to new census data that paints a stark portrait of the nation's haves and have-nots at a time when unemployment remains persistently high. (AP Photo/Mel Evans, File)

Since Baltimore and its discontents broke upon the national seen a couple weeks ago, the left and the right have been arguing over the causes of inner city unrest in America. For the progressive, the issues are racism and poverty; if these didn’t exist there would be no riots. Black anger is completely justified. Conservatives counter that the fundamental cause of the unrest goes deeper, that it is cultural, especially the breakdown of the black family.  I think everyone could agree on one thing: whatever the causes, the problems facing what used to be called the ghetto are deeply complex and not easily solved. (more…)

Quote of the Day

May 1, 2015 | Uncategorized

This is a pattern. For whatever reason, liberals feel compelled — whether out of self-delusion or deliberate deception — to lie about the fact that they are liberals. . . . Unfortunately, the vast majority of the Beltway establishment, particularly political journalists, believes these talking points, largely because they, too, are committed liberals who think they are mere non-ideological arbiters of the facts.

–Jonah Goldberg, “Why Does the Left Continue to Lie about Its Ideological Agenda?”