Tag Archives: class

Invisibles

At the club the invisible single mother brings three glasses of Pinot to the table where the ladies who lunch speak of yachts and vacations this summer. In the powder room the invisible toilet slave hands towels to the ladies … Continue reading

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Are You a Prol?

Labor Day Demonstration against child labor – 1909 So if “class warfare” actually breaks out (we’re not talking about beheading rich folks …. yet!) with what “class” do you identify? Are you “middle class, upper middle-class, lower class?” These are … Continue reading

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Does Labor Day Honor Labor Anymore?

March 6, 1930 – thousands demonstrate for unemployment insurance in Union Square and nationwide – led by the communists.  Did you think government just gave it to you? Wake up and smell the coffee. It’s Labor Day! End of Summer, … Continue reading

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Original Sin

And the prophet said “You have to draw the line somewhere” and he wrote it on a wall in the men’s room of a fine restaurant. And the keeper of the toilet wiped the scripture from the wall with a … Continue reading

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Timepiece

I have a temporary home at Bulgari on the via Condotti, out of sight of the hoi-polloi. I am seen only by those who matter by appointment to those who are driven rather than drive who live in palazzi or … Continue reading

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