Word: collared
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Former Republican Pat Buchanan has stepped into the breach, claiming to be the sole defender of a swath of Americans whose interests have not been well represented by major candidates in either party. Specifically, Buchanan claims to represent blue collar workers, the urban poor and others who, despite their hard work, have been left behind during the spurt of economic growth...
...politicians. But they are all too backward looking. They appeal to an inchoate resentment and confusion, rather than articulate a positive plan for the future. Buchanan, like many others, looks back to the postwar years when many Americans could live a comfortable and stable life with a unionized blue collar job. He is right to recognize that many of the benefits of this life have been lost and to search for solutions. But instead of trying to bring the backward sectors of the economy into the phenomenal growth that some have experienced, he tries to recreate the world...
...claims to defend. His presence in the presidential election will cause other mainstream politicians to recognize this "forgotten" constituency. It may lead to newer and wiser policies to win their support. But there is also a danger that a Buchanan candidacy will lose the genuine concerns of blue-collar workers amidst his occasionally outrageous statements and ineffective proposals. Buchanan has said that "the economy is not the country; the country comes first." This is an interesting idea, and it merits debate. But a worthwhile debate can exist only without extremism and must be based on proposals which appeal to hope...
...Billy Baldwin showed but left his dog at home. Apparently Baldwin isn't quite sold on e-commerce: "New York is so convenient - you can call your local pet store and get the bone, get the collar, get the food." What about ordering from Pets.com? "I haven't seen their catalog yet." Give that URL a whirl, Billy. MORE...
...American work force works on schedules that cross the normal 9-to-5 lines. And that percentage can only increase with the advent of nonstop stock markets and ceaseless financial trading, round-the-clock shopping and the growing importance of the unsleeping Internet. The old notion of blue-collar night-shifters no longer applies: managers and professionals, who just 10 years ago made up only a tiny percentage of the shift work force, now account for more than...