We who officially value freedom of speech above life itself seem to have nothing to talk about but the weather.
Barbara EhrenreichIn fact, there is clear evidence of black intellectual superiority: in 1984, 92 percent of blacks voted to retire Ronald Reagan, compared to only 36 percent of whites.
Barbara EhrenreichIndividually the poor are not too tempting to thieves, for obvious reasons. Mug a banker and you might score a wallet containing a month's rent. Mug a janitor and you will be lucky to get away with bus fare to flee the crime scene.
Barbara EhrenreichFor anyone worn down, The Impossible Will Take a Little While is a bracing double cappuccino.
Barbara EhrenreichThe secret of the truly successful ... is that they learned early in life how not to be busy.
Barbara EhrenreichThere can be no more ancient and traditional American value than ignorance. English-only speakers brought it with them to this country three centuries ago, and they quickly imposed it on the Africans--who were not allowed to learn to read and write--and on the Native Americans, who were simply not allowed.
Barbara Ehrenreich