Land of Broken Dreams
By Eugene Robinson
The American self-image is suffused with the golden glow of opportunity. We think of the United States as a land of unlimited possibility, not so much a classless society, but as a place where class is mutable-a place where brains, energy and ambition are what counts, not the circumstances of one's birth. But three important new studies suggest that Horatio Alger doesn't live here anymore.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article18770.htm
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=american+dream
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Eugene+Robinson
The American self-image is suffused with the golden glow of opportunity. We think of the United States as a land of unlimited possibility, not so much a classless society, but as a place where class is mutable-a place where brains, energy and ambition are what counts, not the circumstances of one's birth. But three important new studies suggest that Horatio Alger doesn't live here anymore.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article18770.htm
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=american+dream
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Eugene+Robinson
rudkla - 23. Nov, 23:45
