“Mrs. Abzug was trying to reason with them, and anyone who has dealt with decal-flag patriots knows that reason has nothing to do with it”
Originally published May 21, 1970
"Why the recent alliance between Nixon and the workers? lt is a wedding of his pomposity and, sadly, their circumstances. The key word is 'majority.' If you came out of a working-class family, you always wanted to belong."
Originally published May 21, 1970
“While it's tempting to celebrate exuberantly the demise of yuppie culture and all the other horrendous phenomena of the Reagan/Thatcher/Koch era, capitalism is not notable for its equitable division of pain.”
Originally published November 3, 1987
“The stock market, which had broken record after record since the ’82 depression, had just experienced the financial equivalent of nuclear war. It was a good excuse to drink”
Originally published October 27, 1987