The chief purpose of a union is to maximize the income of its members. Timothy Noah chiefincomemaximize Change image and share on social
When the only people in mainstream discourse who care about the working class are Wall Street investors, it really is time to ask where our politics went wrong. Timothy Noah careclassdiscourse Change image and share on social
I recognize that Republicans see a moral difference between a dollar taken away from a millionaire in government benefits and a dollar taken away from a millionaire in taxes. Timothy Noah benefitdifferencedollar Change image and share on social
The thing to strive for is to get paid to talk about yourself. Timothy Noah paystrivetalk Change image and share on social
Conservatives often say that we should care not about equality of outcomes but about equality of opportunity. Timothy Noah careconservativeequality Change image and share on social
The hometown economic elite - rich local families or individuals whom people used to praise or revile, read about in the society pages, and gossip about incessantly - disappeared from most American cities decades ago. Timothy Noah agoamericancity share on social
The white working class likes being pandered to even less than it likes being insulted. Timothy Noah classinsultlike Change image and share on social
If the 1992 and 2000 elections were any guide, third-party candidates are death on the mainstream parties with which they're most naturally aligned. Timothy Noah aligncandidatedeath Change image and share on social
President Obama seems to think that you win by demonstrating that you're a more reasonable person than your opponents. It didn't work too badly, I'll grant, as an electoral strategy in the 2012 election. Timothy Noah badlydemonstrateelection share on social
The doomsayers of the 1970s were wrong about how quickly the world would run out of oil, but not about the dangers that hydrocarbon consumption posed to the global environment, especially with respect to climate change. Timothy Noah 1970schangeclimate share on social
