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Horatio Alger

Other People's Children

Joanne Goldblum | Posted 04.08.2013 | Parents
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Joanne Goldblum

Most people are committed to pointing their own kids toward a bright future. If we're able, we'll spend a small fortune on sports equipment and tuition. To ensure that our kids inherit an America like the one that we inherited, however, we need to start worrying about other people's children.

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Don't Believe the Hype: Springsteen's Politics

Craig Werner | Posted 07.30.2012 | College
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Craig Werner

The working class and Occupy movement certainly aren't taken seriously, but maybe Springsteen can be our King Lear's fool: nothing more than a musician, but a musician that is allowed to be truthful without fear of backlash.

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The Case for College

Ryan Leslie | Posted 09.27.2011 | College
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Ryan Leslie

One of the questions that inevitably always arises when I speak to high school students interested in going into the entertainment industry is: "Should I go to college"?

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Field of Dreams: Explaining Economic Mobility Through Baseball

Mark Olmsted | Posted 05.29.2011 | Politics
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Mark Olmsted

America is galloping backward to a degree of class immobility unseen since pre-World War I Europe. Almost everyone can expect to die now in the same class they were born in.

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The Steep Distortion Curve of Republican Populism

Brian Ross | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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Brian Ross

Beware of Republicans bearing populist speeches. Republican populism is an oxymoron, a con-job, a Fox friendly flimflam for those in lemming lockstep ...

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Theater: New York Musical Festival (NYMF) Roundup

Michael Giltz | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
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Michael Giltz

The New York Musical Theatre Festival is a chance to gorge on new works, spot some talent and maybe see an early version of a show that will turn into a hit Off Broadway or even on Broadway.

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Horatio Alger Gets Remixed: GalleyCat Readers Re-Write 'Joe's Luck'

GalleyCat | Jason Boog | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
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In the spring of 2010, a dedicated crew of GalleyCat Reviews readers rewrote one page of Horatio Alger's novel, Joe's Luck: Always Wide Awake. We are ...

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Bad Writing: What Is It Good For?

Salon.com | Andrew Leonard | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
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One of the less trumpeted features of the Internet is the unprecedented access it provides to really, really bad writing. Of course, awful books have ...

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