In this week’s OtherWords editorial package, Jim Hightower lampoons a luxury tent Neiman Marcus is marketing to the uber-rich this holiday season. Please also check out Karen Dolan’s witty take on the collapse of Herman Cain’s presidential bid — written in verse and posted on our blog. Get all this and more in your inbox by subscribing to our weekly newsletter. If you haven’t signed up yet, please do.

  1. The Rich Don’t Need a Free Ride / William Rice
  2. Hardly Working / David Elliot
  3. Cut the Pentagon’s Budget, Make the U.S. Safer / Jim Cason
  4. Mitt’s Personhood Problem / Jason Salzman
  5. Ethnic Jokes are a Fool’s Game / Donald Kaul
  6. How the 1 Percent Can Camp Out with the 99 Percent / Jim Hightower
  7. The Long Road to Marriage Equality / William A. Collins
  8. Occupy Ellis Island / Khalil Bendib
Occupy Ellis Island, an OtherWords cartoon by Khalil Bendib.

Occupy Ellis Island, an OtherWords cartoon by Khalil Bendib.

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