Tagged: poverty

A vote for fathers.

Many of the problems that plague our society and that trap millions in inescapable poverty would largely solve themselves if the men who impregnate women would stick around to be fathers.

Not doing the job.

If we had a properly functioning fourth estate there would be some honest, probing and thoughtful reporting on the serious issues that now confront American society.

Moynihan had it right.

Since 1965, the United States has spent approximately $17 trillion on anti-poverty programs – an amount almost identical to the balance on the national debt. Yet poverty rates remain essentially unchanged.