This Land Is Their Land: Reports from a Divided NationAmerica in the 'aughts—hilariously skewered, brilliantly dissected, and darkly diagnosed by one of the country's most prominent social critics |
Contents
Introduction | 2 |
This Land Is Their Land | 12 |
The Class Analysis | 15 |
Home Depots CEOSize Tip | 18 |
CEOs vs Slaves | 21 |
Banish the Bloated Overclass | 24 |
Got Grease? | 27 |
Class Struggle 101 | 32 |
Fake Your Way to the Top | 126 |
Challenging the Workplace Dictatorship | 129 |
New Frontiers in Child Abuse | 132 |
French Workers Refuse to Be Kleenex | 135 |
Truckers Protest the Resistance Begins | 138 |
We Have Seen the Enemyand Surrendered | 144 |
Gouging the Poor | 147 |
The High Cost of Doing without Universal Health Care | 151 |
Minimum Wage Rises Sky Does Not Fall | 36 |
Could You Afford to Be Poor? | 39 |
Desperately Seeking Stimulus | 43 |
Smashing Capitalism | 46 |
The Communist Manifesto Hits 160 | 50 |
Pension or Penitentiary? | 56 |
Where the Fingers Pointing | 58 |
The Cheapskate Warfare State | 61 |
Are Illegal Immigrants the Problem? | 65 |
The Shame Game | 68 |
The New Cosby Kids | 71 |
What America Owes Its Illegals | 74 |
The Suicide Solution | 77 |
Freshpersons Welcome to Debt | 84 |
Party On | 87 |
Are You Handy with Bedpans and Brooms? | 90 |
Your Local NewsDateline Delhi | 93 |
That Sinking Feeling | 96 |
Whats So Great about Gated Communities? | 99 |
Worlds Designated Shoppers Drop | 103 |
Circuit City Slaughter | 108 |
Blood in the Chutney | 111 |
Workplace Bullies | 114 |
Big Box Brother | 119 |
Invasion of the Cheerleaders | 123 |
Health Care vs the Profit Principle | 154 |
Children Deserve Veterinary Care Too | 157 |
Our Broken Mental Health System | 160 |
Probably Not You | 163 |
The Key to Energy Independence | 166 |
A Society That Throws the Sick Away | 169 |
Fear of Restrooms | 174 |
Let Them Eat Wedding Cake | 177 |
Opportunities in Abstinence Training | 180 |
Owning Up to Abortion | 184 |
How Banning Gay Marriage Will Destroy the Family | 187 |
Do Women Need a Viagra? | 190 |
A Uterus Is Not a Substitute for a Conscience | 193 |
Whos Wrecking the Family? | 198 |
Bonfire of the Princesses | 201 |
The Secret of Mass Delusion | 206 |
Who Moved My Ability to Reason? | 209 |
All Together Now | 214 |
The Faith Factor | 217 |
Follies of Faith | 221 |
Pastors Go Postal | 226 |
Is It Safe to Go Back to Church? | 230 |
God Owes Us an Apology | 233 |
Rich Get Poorer Poor Disappear | 237 |