http://www.roadtothemiddleclass.com Work to restore the Road to the Middle Class. Ground it in faith. Grade it with education. Protect it with mutual aid. Defend it with the law. en-us Copyright 2007 Christopher Chantrill 30 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:29:03 -0400 http://www.roadtothemiddleclass.com/oped309_beyond_the_blame_game.html http://www.roadtothemiddleclass.com/oped309_beyond_the_blame_game.html Thu, 17 Jul 2008 10:29:26 -0400 Christopher Chantrill In politics the game always goes to the politician who can stick the blame on the other guy. Sometimes, like New York Senator Charles Schumer, you can even nudge a bank into receivership. Loose ... http://www.roadtothemiddleclass.com/oped308_new_hope_for_global_warming_deniers.html http://www.roadtothemiddleclass.com/oped308_new_hope_for_global_warming_deniers.html Mon, 14 Jul 2008 08:43:28 -0400 Christopher Chantrill Why would anyone be a global warming denier? What's the point? You earn the scorn of Al Gore and maybe Dr. James Hansen, NASA's pre-eminent climate scientist will call for you to be put ... http://www.roadtothemiddleclass.com/oped307_the_hard_choices_will_wait.html http://www.roadtothemiddleclass.com/oped307_the_hard_choices_will_wait.html Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:31:13 -0400 Christopher Chantrill We talk a lot about "choices" in the United States, but what do we mean? Usually, we are talking about "rights," as the the right to an abortion, or the right to choose a ... http://www.roadtothemiddleclass.com/oped306_those_mean_spirited_liberals.html http://www.roadtothemiddleclass.com/oped306_those_mean_spirited_liberals.html Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:04:33 -0400 Christopher Chantrill Every now and again our learned scholars in the liberal university come up with a study, financed by taxpayers' money, that concludes what every liberal already knows. Conservatives are ... http://www.roadtothemiddleclass.com/oped305_war_and_its_moral_equivalent.html http://www.roadtothemiddleclass.com/oped305_war_and_its_moral_equivalent.html Mon, 23 Jun 2008 20:07:02 -0400 Christopher Chantrill Last week, in a decision that everyone except conservatives agreed was a defeat for the Bush administration, the United States Supreme Court ruled that the inmates of Guantanamo Bay could sue in ... http://www.roadtothemiddleclass.com/oped304_the_big_o.html http://www.roadtothemiddleclass.com/oped304_the_big_o.html Thu, 12 Jun 2008 11:36:37 -0400 Christopher Chantrill Like Peggy Lee in "Is That All There Is," conservatives keep wondering if they are missing ... http://www.roadtothemiddleclass.com/oped302_are_conservatives_dead_or_resting.html http://www.roadtothemiddleclass.com/oped302_are_conservatives_dead_or_resting.html Wed, 04 Jun 2008 10:05:01 -0400 Christopher Chantrill The first boss I ever had, in 1968, was a Nixon-hater. A Democrat from upstate New York, he kept a coffee mug emblazoned with a Nixon $3 bill, and he could recite the litany of Nixon's ... http://www.roadtothemiddleclass.com/oped300_remember_the_fallen.html http://www.roadtothemiddleclass.com/oped300_remember_the_fallen.html Mon, 26 May 2008 21:59:38 -0400 Christopher Chantrill Unlike our British cousins we Americans honor the veterans of our armed forces twice a year. On Veterans Day we honor the service of our soldiers, sailors, airmen, marines, and coast guard. But ... http://www.roadtothemiddleclass.com/oped299_us_cant_pass_english_101.html http://www.roadtothemiddleclass.com/oped299_us_cant_pass_english_101.html Sat, 24 May 2008 13:29:43 -0400 Christopher Chantrill Most Americans can't write a decent college paper. It's not exactly news. Half a century ago Bernard Malamud, smart ... http://www.roadtothemiddleclass.com/oped298_how_about_those_britcons.html http://www.roadtothemiddleclass.com/oped298_how_about_those_britcons.html Fri, 16 May 2008 00:08:44 -0400 Christopher Chantrill For eleven long years the British Conservatives have wandered in the political wilderness. Political magician Tony Blair won three smashing elections with a re-branded "New" Labour ...