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>I listened to working-class people try to make sense of a black president named Barack.
Obama is a currently a presidential candidate, not a president. It's inexcusably sloppy journalism not to get a basic premise correct.
MB, I am sorry to hear of your marriage woes. I hope things improve for you and your family soon.
>Here's an article from the New York Times about the phenomenon: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/31/business/31men.html
It should be noted that the article was published on 31 July 2006.
Also, nowhere does MaryBeth state in her essay that her husband refused to look for work. To the contrary. She wrote "Ultimately, it wasn't... the job search or the way we both had to hustle for freelance work".