Tim Barrus Blog
Posts tagged with american-culture
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There Is Hunger In America
Americans want to pretend that there is no such thing as hunger in America. There is hunger in America. Not quite a skeleton. Take his shirt off. You’ll see it. It will be in your face. He will not talk to you about it. Watch him eat. Watch him eat.
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Tim Barrus: New York Times
David Brooks’ recent piece on poverty piece is hopeful. Easy for him to say. There is no hope for it. Let us go to the fundamental souls of Americans. Let us not dwell on why we are who we are. We simply are. Americans are mean and mean-spirited. They like…