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, 09 Sep 2010 09:07:03 -0400 http://www.roadtothemiddleclass.com/oped423_baracks_cunning_plan.html http://www.roadtothemiddleclass.com/oped423_baracks_cunning_plan.html Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:30:00 -0400 Christopher Chantrill Some of you may know and love the British Blackadder TV series. It featured Rowan Atkinson as an upper-class twit and Tony Robinson as Baldrick, his crafty lower-class servant/sidekick. A ... http://www.roadtothemiddleclass.com/oped422_what_liberals_should_have_known.html http://www.roadtothemiddleclass.com/oped422_what_liberals_should_have_known.html Mon, 30 Aug 2010 19:42:23 -0400 Christopher Chantrill Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA), chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, has changed his mind about Fannie and Freddie, the home-mortgage government-sponsored giants. ... http://www.roadtothemiddleclass.com/oped421_hows_that_spread_the_wealth_doing.html http://www.roadtothemiddleclass.com/oped421_hows_that_spread_the_wealth_doing.html Fri, 20 Aug 2010 13:00:24 -0400 Christopher Chantrill Conservatives' favorite moment in the 2008 campaign was the altercation between the Anointed One and Joe the Plumber. Back then ... http://www.roadtothemiddleclass.com/oped420_a_liberal_judge_lights_a_fuse.html http://www.roadtothemiddleclass.com/oped420_a_liberal_judge_lights_a_fuse.html Fri, 13 Aug 2010 15:16:45 -0400 Christopher Chantrill Last week, when Judge Walker's decision in Perry v. Schwarzenegger came out, I felt a dreadful fear. My ... http://www.roadtothemiddleclass.com/oped419_andrew_breitbart_cant_be_fired.html http://www.roadtothemiddleclass.com/oped419_andrew_breitbart_cant_be_fired.html Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:55:30 -0400 Christopher Chantrill As the mainstream media synchronized their watches over the Shirley Sherrod affair, the object of their little trench raid was clear. Demonize Andrew Breitbart for the un-ethical publication of ... http://www.roadtothemiddleclass.com/oped418_of_course_obamas_a_socialist.html http://www.roadtothemiddleclass.com/oped418_of_course_obamas_a_socialist.html Sat, 24 Jul 2010 19:52:28 -0400 Christopher Chantrill Thomas Frank, the Wall Street Journal's quota liberal, is ... http://www.roadtothemiddleclass.com/oped416_free_at_last_the_end_game_of_liberal_racism.html http://www.roadtothemiddleclass.com/oped416_free_at_last_the_end_game_of_liberal_racism.html Mon, 19 Jul 2010 17:15:12 -0400 Christopher Chantrill Back when they were asking us if we were ready for a black president, we all know what Americans were thinking. If we elect a black president, could we do a deal? Could we stop calling everyone ... http://www.roadtothemiddleclass.com/oped415_after_obama_forgiveness.html http://www.roadtothemiddleclass.com/oped415_after_obama_forgiveness.html Fri, 09 Jul 2010 11:26:25 -0400 Christopher Chantrill The great religious movements of the 20th century, Communism and Fascism, liked to think that they toiled in the wilderness against a corrupt political and religious establishment. In fact, of ... http://www.roadtothemiddleclass.com/oped414_keynes_the_end_of_a_bad_idea.html http://www.roadtothemiddleclass.com/oped414_keynes_the_end_of_a_bad_idea.html Wed, 30 Jun 2010 11:42:40 -0400 Christopher Chantrill Every bad idea seems to have its Wordsworthian moment: Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive But to be young was very heaven. The early enthusiasm for Keynesian ... http://www.roadtothemiddleclass.com/oped413_a_bridge_too_far.html http://www.roadtothemiddleclass.com/oped413_a_bridge_too_far.html Tue, 29 Jun 2010 18:52:19 -0400 Christopher Chantrill According to Fred Barnes at The Weekly Standard, the Obamis are planning a ...