“Gender Gap” Mania
Minding The Campus has a very interesting (at least to me) critique of yet another survey finding a “gender gap” in science salaries. I encourage you to read it since it’s just the sort of commentary that could have been posted here.
Consistency Is The Hobgoblin Of Small Liberal Minds
Much of the criticism of Arizona’s recent immigration law is that the state presumptuously, and illegitimately, trespassed on federal prerogatives by stepping in where the federal government refused to. This criticism would be more credible if critics also complained about all the “sanctuary cities” that vociferously defy federal law and the recent decision of the [...]
Excellence? How Un-American…
There has been a good deal of news and commentary over the past few days about the G-20 nations’ rejection of Obama’s push for “continued global stimulus” as the “G20 summit rebuffs Obama.” Almost overlooked in this controversy, however, is one area where Germany, a leading critic of Obama’s continuing deficit spending, has launched a [...]
Here We Go Again: New Debate Over SAT “Bias”
A new study in the Harvard Educational Review purports to confirm a highly criticized older study that purported to find racial “bias” in a handful of questions on the SAT. (On that earlier study, see my “Biased ‘Bias’” from October 2003, which has a couple of links to thorough, and thoroughly critical, analyses of it.) [...]
My McChrystal Ball
Why is the press so single-mindedly focused on whether McChrystal will be fired and largely ignoring whether or not everything he and his associates said was true? Oh wait, I think I know.
Father Obama Forgot Something…
In his Presidential Proclamation declaring Father’s Day, President Obama declared the following: Nurturing families come in many forms, and children may be raised by a father and mother, a single father, two fathers, a step father, a grandfather, or caring guardian…. Apparently the president forgot single mothers, stepmothers, and two mother families, not to mention [...]
Voters Split?
I’m not a pollster, I don’t follow polls very closely, and I’m certainly not familiar with polling terms of art or other conventional usage. Still, I found Gallup’s recent headline rather odd, given the data it presented: U.S. Voters Split on Obama Re-Election in 2012 Little change seen since March on this measure by Frank [...]
Scene & Herd In San Francisco, Ver. 3.0: The Politics Of Selfish Altruism
(If the title of this post is confusing to you, see the explanation in Version 2.0 two days ago, quoting the first one in the series from last September.) This morning the San Francisco Chronicle has a fascinating criticism of ObamaCare. Naturally, it’s by “a lifelong Democrat,” but that’s not surprising since there probably aren’t [...]
Rep. King Not Apologizing For Obama Bias Remark
Rep. Steve King (R, Iowa) “is not apologizing for saying that President Barack Obama ‘favors the black person.’” Politico reports that “King stands by Obama bias claim,” as though King actually said something wrong. Chris Harris of MediaMatters said King has “routinely accused the president of ‘playing race-bait games’ and favoring ‘the black person.’” Next [...]
Scene & Herd In San Francisco, Ver. 2.0
Last September I began Scene & Herd In San Francisco by noting that my wife, Helene, and I are house-sitting in San Francisco, a wonderful, quirky city but also home pond to Nancy Pelosi and other odd ducks. Following are a few random sightings and quotes that provide a small whiff of the atmosphere here…. [...]
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