by Patrick J.. McShay “Sad will be the day when the American people forget their traditions and their history, and so longer remember that the country they love, the institutions they cherish, and the freedom they hope to preserve, were born from the throes of armed resistance to tyranny, and nursed in the rugged arms of fearless men.” — Roger Sherman, A Founding Father of the United States “The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing…
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Dr. Eowyn, Democrats are now the party of the super-rich; Republicans, party of workers
Dr. Eowyn A new study by the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) confirms what some of us already know about the partisan nature of the class-division manifested in the 2016 election: The Democratic Party is now the party of the very rich, whereas the Republican Party has become the party of working Americans. The Wall Street Journal article on this, “Democrats and Republicans Aren’t Just Divided. They Live in Different Worlds,” by Aaron Zitner and Dante Chinni, is behind a paywall. The article’s summary: America’s political polarization is almost complete. Its two main political parties…