"movable middle" articles
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Light showers for the middle of the week
Good morning, folks! Starting the morning with temps in the 50s and 60s across the High Plains. Light showers and pockets of drizzle have started across the areas in the overnight hours. In Amarillo we even saw some light rain around 2 AM. More light rain in the forecast for the rest of the day []
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What does it mean to be 'middle class' in 2024?
When I was a kid, $100,000 sounded like an impossibly large sum of money. Even when I started working at my first professional job with an entry-level salary of $32,000, I thought that making $100,000 would allow one to be comfortably upper-middle class. I’m sure I’m not alone; a “six-figure salary” was, for a long time, shorthand for a “well-paid job.” But in 2024, with the cost of housing and childcare (not to mention inflation on basics like food), a family making $100,000 a year can have...
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Labor’s Middle East folly
Foreign Minister Penny Wong’s call to her Tehran counterpart urging Iran to promote stability in the Middle East is indicative…What to read next: What would JK Rowling say about the Tickle v Giggle case? | Port Macquarie educator fired during Covid slams medical authoritarianism | Fearless sons and daughters of Anzacs | A National Conservative critique of the recent ‘The Road Ahead’ conference in Fremantle