It’s not really a surprise to anyone that the social sciences in American academia skew far out of the political mainstream, and so even less of a surprise that sociologists are blasting their polar opposites on the right, who call themselves part of the “Tea Party” movement. But the level of partisan spin in a pre-primary American Sociological Review paper is surprising even...
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“The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race” – Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1 ruling (2007) In 2007, Roberts issued those words, because a Seattle school district failed to show how its racial policies to achieve desegregation by mandating segregation...
read moreThe Obama administration is in something of a pickle. The EPA does not report to the public and so the Obama administration had directed them to implement strict new regulations on American energy companies. Why? America is actually doing quite well when it comes to emissions and energy has led the way. CO2 emissions from energy are back to early 1990s levels and coal, the dirtiest energy source,...
read moreBeware politicians who tell you that you need their help – what you want in a democracy is a system where no one blocks your upward mobility. But with a legislative culture that relies on creating people dependent on government, and regulations designed to insure that only the rich can start a business, California has put in motion a shocking decline in the middle class – as Joel...
read moreClayton Kershaw is determined to show he is a modern day Sandy Koufax – by pitching on 3-days rest. This decade, that is rare for a franchise pitcher. In the ’50s, not so much. The Braves of that decade pretty much lived on a motto of ‘Spain and Sain and pray for rain’ after the Braves’ 1948 mythological pennant drive, when those two went 8-0, including two...
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