Talk:Barbara Ehrenreich

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Photo of Barbara Ehrenreich by Robert Birnbaum David Shankbone

File:Ehrenreich 2004.jpg File:Ehrenreich 2001.jpg http://www.oprah.com/tows/pastshows/images/tows_20010521_ehrenreich.jpg

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What's going on with all these photos? The one just added to the article isn't a particuarly good image. Having met Ms Ehrenreich once, I would say the Birnbaum photo is the best likeness. Why can't we use that? -- Viajero 10:38, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Her bridge from scientist to politics

Staffer at The Budget Office of The City of New York; recruited as Member of Health Policy Advisory Center (Health/PAC), co-editing The American Health Empire

Barbara Ehrenreich was Deputy Director of The Budget Office of The City of New York and then A Member of Health Policy Advisory Center (Health/PAC), with whom she co-edited The American Health Empire. This was considered her bridge experience from research scientist to politically active journalist and organizer. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Red Dogg (talk • contribs) .

Hillbilly->Jewish?

I've read "Nickle and Dimed", and I remember her mentioning how she went to a church service in one town, where she commented that the hillbilly-like townspeople reminded her of her own people (her maiden name being Alexander). Now, she's Jewish, according to the list of Jewish journalists? Did someone just make an assumption about her married last name?

Probably. She was listed on the list but I moved her to discussion because I couldn't find a source. So - looks like you solved the mystery. Mad Jack 22:00, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

Yes, I've made a note on the list discussion page for her removal from the list that needs to be verified, since she isn't. Michael 22:31, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

Oh, I see. Someone reads Ehrenreich, and then comes the hasty conclusion: ah, she's jewish ! - But her maiden name was Alexander. Ehrenreich results from a former marriage. Thanks. --129.187.244.28 (talk) 08:35, 8 April 2010 (UTC)

Vandalism?

Article appears to be compromised by removal of large portions of material by an anon IP add 68.... See history. This IP address user or these users appear to be attacking other articles (e.g., Alan Dershowitz. --NYScholar 19:13, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

Liberal or Socialist?

Pick one please! They are two different things. --69.143.105.237 (talk) 03:27, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Can be, maybe even should be, but in common vernacular useage in modern-day America, they are virtually one and the same (at least if you listen to those talking the loudest). Are you a U.S.-style "libertarian" who insists (like I once did) that U.S. Democrats aren't true liberals, and that only total absolute laissez-faire capitalist minarchists (or near-anarchocapitalists) are in fact "real liberals", since they are the closest thing in modern times to the "original" classical liberals of the 18th and early 19th centuries? Or are you a moderate modern U.S. liberal who does not conflate some "welfare statism"/semi-regulated capitalism (or mixed economy) with true socialism? Either way, I think your point is moot, but especially if you are trying to redefine all uses of the word "liberal" to mean only U.S.-style libertarians or quasi-anarchocapitalists. Furthermore, yes, an individual can be both socialist and liberal, in fact, most democratic socialists have been liberals, or have at least self-identified as such (when it comes to terms of civil rights and personal freedoms). Obviously, authoritarian & totalitarian Communist socialists are not liberals, and likewise, "privatize-everything-even-the-air-we-breath" propertarian neo-classical liberals are not socialists.173.16.125.178 (talk) 20:43, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

Atheism

Ehrenreich is in the category 'American atheists', but nothing is mentioned in the article. Is there a source on this? --Karuna8 (talk) 23:16, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

Nothing? Well, I removed it. Put it back if you have a source. --Karuna8 (talk) 02:35, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

In Bait and Switch she writes she is an atheist. 82.130.23.80 (talk) 19:56, 11 June 2011 (UTC)