The Star Power of Slavery

[Miss Authoritiva]

Media Commentary From Scriptoids

Transforming Moral Problems Into Politics
By Star Parker (Town Hall)

Think of Star Parker as Peggy Noonan, only black. And an ex-Welfare Queen (those are Town Hall's words, not mine). And the author of Uncle Sam's Plantation and Pimps, Whores and Welfare Brats instead of A Heart, a Cross, and a Flag and Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness. Because like Noonan, Parker can get a little, well, floaty at times. You'll see.

Am I pushing the envelope too far to suggest that there is common ground between the politics of slavery and the politics of Social Security?

Which envelope? The pay envelope? No. Suggest away and cash the check as fast as you can. Besides, saying yes at this point is simply not going to stop Star Parker.

When moral problems are transformed into politics, we can find surprising similarities in issues that otherwise might seem worlds apart.

Would it kill the suspense if I told you that the surprising similarities are between Social Security and slavery?

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