By Robert Parry: The newly minted Republican ticket of Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan is placing a big – and some might say cynical – bet that the stereotype of the “greedy geezer” is real, that Americans now eligible for Medicare or close to it don’t care that the popular health ...read more

The Independent uncovers Britain's stealth tax on its poorest residents: Tax cuts for low and middle-income families in April will be dwarfed by hidden reductions in tax credits, according to a study for The Independent. The analysis found that the £1bn of tax cuts in April ...read more

Anyone believe the dream any more? Gawker's Hamilton Nolan on the rapidly disintegrating middle class in America: We have become and will become ever more so a nation in which a vast economic underclass caters to a tiny upper class that possesses the lion's share of the ...read more

This is a comedy skit I wrote about a year ago about the relationship between middle class white kids and their black friends. I wrote it because I was always intrigued as to why white kids felt the need to 'yo it up' in front of their black friends. Some of my closest childhood ...read more