Immoral Imperative?
The Democrats (or their pollsters) seem to have decided that the way to sell health care reform is to describe it not as a money-saver but as a “moral imperative.” After the funeral for Ted Kennedy, former President Bill Clinton and former Vice-president Al Gore spoke at the Tennessee Democratic Party’s annual Jackson Day dinner. […]
Is The National Research Council Racist?
Racist? Maybe, maybe not, but this article in the Chronicle of Higher Education accuses its prestigious Assessment of Research-Doctorate Programs in the United States of suffering at least from “a form of implicit bias.” The NRC assessment “stands as the authoritative source on the quality of American doctoral programs,” and, at least on the surface, […]
More On Women In Science (Or Not)
It’s now been several days since I’ve stood on Roger Clegg’s shoulders to post something, and regular readers are no doubt missing him. Not to worry: here he is (or was a couple of days ago), deftly skewering yet another “Diversity in Science” report, this one from Grinnell College. Now that I’ve sent you there […]
Profiling?
Profiling in the woods? DENVER (AP) – A federal warning to beware of campers in national forests who eat tortillas, drink Tecate beer and play Spanish music because they could be armed marijuana growers is racial profiling, an advocate for Hispanic rights said Friday. The warnings were issued Wednesday by the U.S. Forest Service, which […]
“The Least Surprising Correlation Of All Time”
Greg Mankiw, Harvard economist, finds the inference often made (such as by the New York Times Economix Blog) from the correlation shown on a graph between parental income and SAT scores “The Least Surprising Correlation of All Time.” It tells us nothing, he says, “about the causal impact of income on test scores.” The faulty […]
What Bob McDonnell Should Do
Helene and I are now enjoying the pleasures (and political annoyances) of San Francisco, house-sitting once again (we’ve done this for several summers) for an old Stanford friend of mine. (For those of you who remember and are concerned about Mosby The Wonderdog, don’t worry. To free us for house-sitting in San Francisco we have […]
Police Victims Of Discrimination Win Retroactive Promotions
Here’s another blow to affirmative action: In a recent court settlement, four police officers who were denied promotion five years ago were vindicated on all the points of their complaint, with retroactive effect…. The legal proceedings had been instituted by four forensic scientists and on Monday the case was settled by granting all the requests […]
Interests? What Interests?
The Washington Post’s Dan Balz reports today on the left’s growing doubts about Obama. The “immediate cause for the rebellion,” he writes, is fear that the public option will be sacrificed, but that has given way to “broader criticisms,” such as: “Is Obama tough enough to defeat the interests arrayed against health-care legislation?” What “interests” […]
Fear Of Health-Care Rationing “Not Entirely Irrational”?
In an oh so gingerly fashion, Robert Pear of the New York Times describes a number of reasons why a reasonable person might believe that President Obama’s health-care/insurance (or whatever) reform would probably lead to rationing of services, especially to the old. Bills now in Congress would squeeze savings out of Medicare, a lifeline for […]
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