5 Ideas You Need to Rise From Poverty to the Middle Class
January 29, 2013 at 1:26 pm | Posted in Pajamas Media | Leave a commentTags: education, poverty, Upward Mobility, value, Wealth
by Walter Hudson – PJ Media – January 29, 2013
It was like that moment in The Wizard of Oz when Dorothy emerges from the grey remains of her dislocated home into an exotic world of color. That was how I felt at twelve years of age upon my arrival in Minnesota.
Home up to that point had been the dank flat malaise of inner ring suburban Detroit. In many ways, the Motor City evoked Dorothy’s Kansas. Everything was built on the grid system, many right angles, old houses of stone and brick. It was tangibly dull, colors muted by wear and grime. Winters were especially bleak. An amalgam of overcast, endless concrete, and dirt-ridden snow drowned the world in grey. By comparison, the big skies and rolling hills of the Mississippi valley seemed a storybook paradise.
That first trip to Minnesota was made in order to spend time with my father. He had been maintaining an apartment in the Twin Cities while starting a new position with Northwest Airlines. We were to scout out potential homes in anticipation of transplanting the rest of the family, my mother and two sisters. It was perhaps the most visceral manifestation of upward mobility in our family’s history, chasing opportunity across the country.
iPad of Evil: Jesse Jackson Jr.’s War on Wealth Creation
April 17, 2011 at 10:00 am | Posted in NewsRealBlog | Leave a commentTags: Apple, Atlas Shrugged, ayn rand, iPad, Jessie Jackson Jr., Looters, NewsReal Blog, Productivity, Socialism, Steve Jobs, Wealth, wealth creation
by Walter Hudson, contributed to David Horowitz’s NewsReal Blog
Atlas Shrugged Part I hit movie theaters this weekend. While entertaining and provocative, there were times when the film seemed a bit preachy, and the characters a tad exaggerated. In particular, there’s a scene where steel magnate Hank Rearden is engaging a government bureaucrat from the State Science Institute. Rearden has developed a new metal, lighter and tougher than steel, which has tremendous applications. Rather than congratulate him, the G-man is there to deliver a reprimand for overproduction. Flabbergasted, Rearden asks a simple question. “Is Rearden Metel good or not?”
The question is irrelevent. If Rearden Metal is not good, it’s a physical danger to the public. If it is good, it’s a social danger.
This exchange struck me as unrealistically frank. That was until I came home and saw video of U.S. Representative Jesse Jackson Jr. making precisely the same argument about Apple’s iPad.
“Twilight” Starlet Kristen Stewart Models How the Rich Serve Society
January 18, 2011 at 12:00 pm | Posted in NewsRealBlog | Leave a commentTags: apitalism, Hollywood, Kristen Stewart, NewsReal Blog, Philanthropy, rich, The Concession Stand, Twilight, Wealth
by Walter Hudson, contributed to NewsReal Blog
Though most recognizable for the role of Bella Swan in the ridiculously popular Twilight movies, it was another role which motivated red hot starlet Kristen Stewart toward philanthropy.
…the 20-year-old reveals her secret similarity to Charlie Sheen: she’s going to spend a fortune on hookers this year.
After researching teen sex workers for her role in Welcome To The Rileys, she was inspired to earmark a portion of her Twilight millions to establish a network of halfway houses that would help residents go straight. “That would be amazing,” she says. “Right now it’s the thing I feel most connected to.”
Stewart reveals her intent in the cover story of the February issue of Vogue. The other tidbit from the interview which entertainment blogs are latching onto is Stewart’s bemoaning a lack of privacy. The crux of the coverage is that someone who has met with so much success, and earned such a fortune, ought not complain about being recognized at the mall.
Be that as it may, there is a more instructive point to take from the Stewart interview. It is because of her success, and resulting fortune, that she has the opportunity to make a more meaningful contribution to society. Stewart’s plan is indicative of how the rich disproportionately serve others.
Leftist Ideologue Bill Maher Befuddled by Mid-Terms
November 9, 2010 at 11:00 am | Posted in NewsRealBlog | Leave a commentTags: Bill Maher, Communism, Dana Gould, Darrell Issa, elections, Fareed Zakaria, Fiscal Policy, Hollywood, NewsReal Blog, Ownership, private property, Real Time, Republicans, Socialism, The Concession Stand, Wealth, Wealth Redistribution
by Walter Scott Hudson, contributed to NewsReal Blog
One difference between a political commentator and an ideologue is that the former understands his opposition. Here at NRB, one of our primary objectives is to seek and convey an accurate understanding of the ideologies we oppose. As a result, it never surprises us when a socialist acts like a socialist, or when an Islamist acts like an Islamist. We do not have to agree with people in order to understand their point of view.
Despite a professed capacity for empathy, pundits on the Left seem to have more difficulty than conservatives when it comes to understanding those with whom they disagree. Bill Maher is such a pundit. On Friday’s Real Time, he asked panelists Dana Gould, Fareed Zakaria, and Rep. Darrell Issa to explain last Tuesday’s election results.
How could people who are struggling – really struggling, economically, worse than they have in so many decades – Why did they pull the lever for the party that says out front, “We’re not gonna extend unemployment benefits.” [The Republican’s] big plan seems to be give… rich people more money, or let rich people’s kids inherit more money. I just want to know why they voted Republican…
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