Yanis Varoufakis, new finance minister of Greece: “About a year ago, I was having lunch with member of House of … More
Tag: class war
Class War: The Big Picture
Is a society rigidly divided into grossly unequal classes a natural phenomenon, just part of the human condition? After all, … More
Where’d You Get That Idea? Class War
When you listen to conservative pundits, keep your ear tuned for echoes of their nostalgia for the rigid class divisions … More
Sir Lord Chauncey Twitass Has a Dream
Sir Lord Chauncey Twitass is my archetypal name for all the upper class twits who live so high above the … More
Class War: Eugenics Down on the Farm
All horses are not created equal. I learned this growing up on a farm. There are different breeds of horses … More
Meet Sir Lord Chauncey Twitass
In studying British history, I keep running into the same guy with a different name, so I named him Sir … More
Politics and Morality: Plato’s Neo-Con Republic
Who cares what Plato had to say about government? We all should, because Leo Strauss was an admirer of Plato … More