The myth of rural virtue and urban vice is an old one in this country, and it persists no matter what the changes in the landscape. And whatever questions Palin may face in her debate with Biden, her paeans to small-town virtue aren't likely to be among them. Full Story »
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The author cites two university studies and a CMU professor highlighting the ills of rural living. However, the author misses throwing income / class into the equation. It may have been more meaningful if Chapman had controlled for income in his comparison.
The author discovered a dark corner in the construction of current political-cultural interest and shines a bright light into it. The result is that everyone who reads it now knows what's in that corner without having to search it out.
Americans disdain snobbery in all its forms except the most popular one: reverse snobbery. Joe Biden would never get up in front of a crowd and suggest that the citizens of ... More »
This piece is well-written, and I agree with the points made, but clearly, this publication has an agenda and will publish stories that serve the agenda. Their credibility is what I question.
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