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This old house was only a few blocks from the state Capitol in Madison,
Wisconsin. All the neighborhood cats lived in the basement during the
winter. The house has long since been torn down, but in 1972 there were
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In the 21st century I am just as opinionated as ever,
and I now have an outlet. I shall pontificate here about anything
that catches my fancy; I hope I will not make too great a fool
of myself. You may comment yea or nay about anything on the
site; I may quote you here, or I may not. Send brickbats etc.
to: dmclarke78@icloud.com.
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May 27, 2015So it goes.Unlike in the anodyne letters pages of other newspapers, the readers of the Wall Street Journal argue with each other and with the paper. I thought this exchange about the plight of African-American families was rather sad: first a woman writing about the past from Minnesota, then a man writing about today from New Jersey:
We can look back at our our American history [...] employment that didn't qualify for Social Security (agriculture and domestic service), federal policy that prevented African-American families from getting mortgages (including our black GIs) until the 1960s, and highway development that cut through thriving black neighborhoods.
Our poor black citizens indeed have a harder tiime than the rest of us, in part because [...] liberal welfare programs and enmity toward traditional morality [...] preference for teachers unions [...] because of the policies advocated by MIchelle Obama and pursued by her husband.
Pity we Americans. We can't win for losing.