The Argument for Equality:

Nicholas Kristof, undoubtedly the most humane journalist in America, presents his argument for equality in an America where the dream has always been for inequality, in today's New York Times. The American dream has always been that equality of opportunity to be superior to everyone else should exist at birth.

Kristof points out all of the health issues that develop with greater inequality for those at the bottom, and lists some of the sources that inform his assertions. With 90 percent of us now at the bottom and at a growing distance from those at the top, this should be of particular concern.