A Bigger Threat Than Terrorism
If you’re weary of ‘threat thresholds,’ as I am, it may have slipped your notice that as we edge our way into the 21st century--an old terror simply continues to grow additional heads.
If you’re weary of ‘threat thresholds,’ as I am, it may have slipped your notice that as we edge our way into the 21st century--an old terror simply continues to grow additional heads.
Perusing Sebastian Mallaby’s column today, I was reminded of the essential meaning of homeland security. Stay with me on this, true American security has nothing whatever to do with Islamists in the Middle East. Quoting Gene Sperling, a former Clinton advisor, Mallaby writes
Sperling is motivated by a desire to help low-income people. As he writes in his book, "The Pro-Growth Progressive," 85 percent of workers in the bottom fifth of the labor force have no access to a company 401(k), nor do 75 percent of Hispanic workers or 60 percent of black workers. Globalization, which has boosted the volatility of family incomes, makes…