"I was raised the old-fashioned way, with a stern set of moral principles: Never lie, cheat, steal or knowingly spread a venereal disease. Never speed up to hit a pedestrian or, or course, stop to kick a pedestrian who has already been hit. From which it followed, of course, that one would never ever -- on pain of deletion from dozens of Christmas card lists across the country -- vote Republican."
Barbara Ehrenreich was an American author and journalist known for social criticism and investigative nonfiction, including Nickel and Dimed. Her writing examined class, labor, and public policy.