IN THE August 12, 2019, ISSUE
The American Worker: An Introduction
Our authors sketch out a pro-worker agenda, which begins with a greater appreciation of Americans who don’t have four-year college degrees.
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Also In This Issue
The American Worker
The American Worker: An Introduction
Our authors sketch out a pro-worker agenda, which begins with a greater appreciation of Americans who don’t have four-year college degrees.
The Return to Serfdom
Our egalitarian capitalist progress is fading, dangerously.
Unskilled Immigration Lowers Labor-Force Participation
Too many Americans are migrating out of the job market.
The Next Union Era
Cutting government mandates could help unions better serve workers.
What Is the Purpose of High School?
To prepare students for adulthood, not necessarily for college.
How Republicans Can Appeal to the White Working Class
Historically, it has alternated in its partisan leaning.
Worker Skills to Pay the Bills
Conference rooms and spreadsheets do not a good job make.
Books, Arts & Manners
Kevin Williamson’s Revolt against the Hivemind
A review of The Smallest Minority: Independent Thinking in the Age of Mob Politics, by Kevin D. Williamson.
The Exhilarating Letters of Guy Davenport and Hugh Kenner
A review of Questioning Minds: The Letters of Guy Davenport and Hugh Kenner, volumes 1 and 2, edited by Edward M. Burns.
How to Protect Relationships in the Trump Era
A review of I Love You, but I Hate Your Politics: How to Protect Your Intimate Relationships in a Poisonous Partisan World, by Jeanne Safer.
Sections
President Judge Judy
Some days I wish we got President Judge Judy. Eyeroll, gavel banged: Case dismissed.
That’s My Husbro: Ilhan Omar’s Family Drama
Ilhan bustles in from the kitchen carrying a tray of cookies...
Be Yourself, the Screen Commanded
Healthy human interaction depends upon gives and takes paired with mutual respect and consideration.