Raging crime, class warfare, invasive immigrants, light mor… - Anna Quindlen

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Raging crime, class warfare, invasive immigrants, light morals, public misbehavior. Always we convince ourselves that the parade of unwelcome and despised is a new phenomenon, which is why the phrase "the good old days" has passed from cliché to self-parody.

Anna Quindlen

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class-warfare cliches Crime exclusion immigration morals nostaliga parody prejudice self-deception social-change social-norms Society xenophobia

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Anna Quindlen (born July 8, 1952) is an American journalist and opinion columnist whose New York Times column, Public and Private, won the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary in 1992.

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Alternative Names: Anna Marie Quindlen

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