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 Feb 2011 17:10:40 -0500 http://www.roadtothemiddleclass.com/oped453_jobs_and_revolution.html http://www.roadtothemiddleclass.com/oped453_jobs_and_revolution.html Sun, 13 Feb 2011 12:29:24 -0500 Christopher Chantrill Since I know nothing about Egypt beyond what I read in the papers, I won't comment on the Egyptian revolution. All I can say is that I agree with the pundits. When you have an autocratic ... http://www.roadtothemiddleclass.com/oped452_the_backs_of_our_mosts_vulnerable_citizens.html http://www.roadtothemiddleclass.com/oped452_the_backs_of_our_mosts_vulnerable_citizens.html Sun, 13 Feb 2011 12:25:33 -0500 Christopher Chantrill What do you reply when your liberal friend says: "No one should have to go without health care!" My reply, the other day, was the standard conservative line that "nobody in the US ... http://www.roadtothemiddleclass.com/oped451_disdain_for_palin.html http://www.roadtothemiddleclass.com/oped451_disdain_for_palin.html Sun, 13 Feb 2011 12:23:07 -0500 Christopher Chantrill Now that the left's McCarthyite attack on Sarah Palin has subsided, she merely has to suffer the disdain of the intellectual elite. Even James Taranto, admitted high-school dropout, damns ... http://www.roadtothemiddleclass.com/oped450_mobs_lynchings_and_psychos.html http://www.roadtothemiddleclass.com/oped450_mobs_lynchings_and_psychos.html Sun, 13 Feb 2011 12:19:42 -0500 Christopher Chantrill You tell me: is the attempted killing of a member of Congress for the first time in 30 years a reflection on the violence of our political rhetoric, or a reminder of the remarkable peacefulness ... http://www.roadtothemiddleclass.com/oped443_liberals_and_political_kitsch.html http://www.roadtothemiddleclass.com/oped443_liberals_and_political_kitsch.html Wed, 12 Jan 2011 10:55:28 -0500 Christopher Chantrill The link at RealClearPolitics said "Eliminating Inequality is Good for the Soul." But at the New York ... http://www.roadtothemiddleclass.com/oped442_playing_the_violence_card.html http://www.roadtothemiddleclass.com/oped442_playing_the_violence_card.html Fri, 07 Jan 2011 13:39:26 -0500 Christopher Chantrill Our lefty friends have just come off a pretty a good century playing the blame game on "violence." Whether it was corporate goons whacking union organizers at the ... http://www.roadtothemiddleclass.com/oped441_ammo_for_the_battle_of_ideas.html http://www.roadtothemiddleclass.com/oped441_ammo_for_the_battle_of_ideas.html Tue, 04 Jan 2011 12:50:51 -0500 Christopher Chantrill Don't get too excited about the extra congressional seats for red states, warns Jonah ... http://www.roadtothemiddleclass.com/oped440_off_the_books_america.html http://www.roadtothemiddleclass.com/oped440_off_the_books_america.html Sat, 25 Dec 2010 10:47:37 -0500 Christopher Chantrill Last week Victor Davis Hanson wrote about the hollowed-out society in the Central Valley around his ... http://www.roadtothemiddleclass.com/oped439_incomes_taxes_millionaires_and_billionaires.html http://www.roadtothemiddleclass.com/oped439_incomes_taxes_millionaires_and_billionaires.html Sat, 18 Dec 2010 11:55:00 -0500 Christopher Chantrill Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) is reported to be "irked" that President Obama didn't take his advice and use the ... http://www.roadtothemiddleclass.com/oped438_warren_buffett_robber_baron.html http://www.roadtothemiddleclass.com/oped438_warren_buffett_robber_baron.html Thu, 09 Dec 2010 11:14:53 -0500 Christopher Chantrill I know that we are all supposed to love Warren Buffett as the Sage of Omaha, businessman and all-around good guy, but I keep reading stories that make me wonder. Here's a story about Warren ... http://roadtothemiddleclass.blogspot.com/2011/02/laws-of-history.html http://roadtothemiddleclass.blogspot.com/2011/02/laws-of-history.html Thu, 24 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0500 Christopher Chantrill OH GOODY! Virtue is rewarded! My "Radical Suits and Their Suckers" just got a mention at Instapundit... http://roadtothemiddleclass.blogspot.com/2011/02/liberal-perfect-storm.html http://roadtothemiddleclass.blogspot.com/2011/02/liberal-perfect-storm.html Wed, 23 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0500 Christopher Chantrill WHEN I VOTED for Barack Obama in 2008 it was for reasons of national-security hygiene. I believed t... http://roadtothemiddleclass.blogspot.com/2011/02/liberals-jump-shark.html http://roadtothemiddleclass.blogspot.com/2011/02/liberals-jump-shark.html Tue, 22 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0500 Christopher Chantrill IN THE END, I had to check Wikipedia about the meaning of "jumping the shark" and I learned that it ... http://roadtothemiddleclass.blogspot.com/2011/02/off-books-benefit-fraud.html http://roadtothemiddleclass.blogspot.com/2011/02/off-books-benefit-fraud.html Mon, 21 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0500 Christopher Chantrill BACK IN DECEMBER 2010 I wrote about "Off-the-books America", the growth of unregulated work and the ... http://roadtothemiddleclass.blogspot.com/2011/02/suppose-alinsky-has-it-wrong.html http://roadtothemiddleclass.blogspot.com/2011/02/suppose-alinsky-has-it-wrong.html Fri, 18 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0500 Christopher Chantrill IN THE LAST three years of Obama, conservatives writers have loved to terrify the conservative base ...