Leid Stories - 10/14/14

The New Class Warfare: The Oligarchs, the Clerisy and the Yeomanry

Scared Yet?: Why Obama’s War and Ebola Policy Should Cause Worry

Out the window with right-versus-left, Republican-versus-Democrat notions of class warfare in America. Enter Joel Kotkin, author of The New Class Conflict, who not only gives brand-new meaning to a political lexicon many would think has no relevance today, but blasts away at the common notion of a fixed class structure.

Kotkin, an internationally recognized authority on global, economic, political and social trends, discusses prospects for progress by the majority under shifting alliances and objectives in the new class conflict.

Judging by the general tone of the Obama administration, everything is under control. Sure, a few minor hiccups here and there, but really, there’s no need to panic or go off the deep end. Not so sure, says Leid Stories—considering that President Obama’s own advisers appear to be at odds with his things-are-under-control assessment. Leid Stories cites two main reasons to worry—the war with the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, and the first manifestations of ebola in the United States.