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SOWELL ON MISMATCH
Thomas Sowell has a terrific review of Sander and Taylor’s Mismatch in the Claremont Review of Books.Read the whole thing if you can, but meanwhile enjoy his priceless lede: Anyone who follows public policy issues can easily think of policies that WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN “DIVERSITY GOALS” AND“QUOTAS”?
Good question, if I do say so myself. The answer certainly does not leap off the page of this article about Nashville.. For example: The Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority is making a sweeping set of changes in how companies compete and win airport work. WHITES AS THE NEW JEWS? But insofar as they are hypocritical (or the ones that are hypocritical) are so because they are liberal Jews, not because they are Jews. So liberal Jews, that is to say 80% of all Jews, are hypocrites on existential national questions and should be dismissedas
“ATTRIBUTES” FOR GAYS? Shouting: I doubt this is to promote homosexuality. It is about power. Admitting students used to be a simple process. But affirmative action and other laws and ideas about fairness have changed a clerical function into a substantial bureaucracy with power. DISCRIMINATIONS: STILL OUT ON A LIMB AFTER MORE THAN On Instapundit Glenn Reynolds quotes a New York Times article calling for the end of race-blind auditions for orchestras: “If ensembles are to reflect the communities they serve,” the article asserts, “the audition process should take into account race, gender and other factors.”. To which Reynolds responds: No one ever argues that sports teams, or university faculties, should RACIAL DISCRIMINATION, THEN AND NOW The New York Times today published an obituary of retired federal district court judge, William Bootle, who died Tuesday at 102. (Hat Tip to Howard Bashman). Although many of you will not recognize his name, Judge Bootle was one of the courageous Southern judges who upheld the principle of equality when it was, er, considerably less than popular in that time and place to do so. THE COLOR OF DISRESPECT Sheesh. I’m not “white”, I’m (anything remotely absolved of association with pink colored Anglo Saxon Protestant of European decent living in the US, up to, and including, 8 generations of ancestry, especially male, with Republican and/or Conservative dogma) GEOGRAPHICAL DISCRIMINATION Brian Dickerson, a columnist for the Detroit Free Press, argues that discriminating on the basis of race to promote “diversity” is “essentially the same” as discriminating on the basis of geography for the same end.. Long before affirmative action became part of the American lexicon, the university I attended was seeking to enroll first-year classes that were representative A HATE CRIME OCCURRED, BUT WHO WAS THE VICTIM? Four years ago today Daisy Lundy, then a second year student at the University of Virginia “of black and Korean background” and a candidate for president of the the student council, claimed that she was assaulted by a student-appearing white male who sneered that “no one wants a nigger to be president.”. This incident, or alleged incident, occurred on the eve of the run-off election. RACE, THE “GREAT ALIBI,” AND THE “TREASURY OF VIRTUE” Discussing The Speech this morning, Charles Krauthammer wrote that it played on “white guilt.” Obama’s purpose in the speech was to put Wright’s outrages in context. BySOWELL ON MISMATCH
Thomas Sowell has a terrific review of Sander and Taylor’s Mismatch in the Claremont Review of Books.Read the whole thing if you can, but meanwhile enjoy his priceless lede: Anyone who follows public policy issues can easily think of policies that WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN “DIVERSITY GOALS” AND“QUOTAS”?
Good question, if I do say so myself. The answer certainly does not leap off the page of this article about Nashville.. For example: The Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority is making a sweeping set of changes in how companies compete and win airport work. WHITES AS THE NEW JEWS? But insofar as they are hypocritical (or the ones that are hypocritical) are so because they are liberal Jews, not because they are Jews. So liberal Jews, that is to say 80% of all Jews, are hypocrites on existential national questions and should be dismissedas
“ATTRIBUTES” FOR GAYS? Shouting: I doubt this is to promote homosexuality. It is about power. Admitting students used to be a simple process. But affirmative action and other laws and ideas about fairness have changed a clerical function into a substantial bureaucracy with power. DISCRIMINATIONS: STILL OUT ON A LIMB AFTER MORE THAN On Instapundit Glenn Reynolds quotes a New York Times article calling for the end of race-blind auditions for orchestras: “If ensembles are to reflect the communities they serve,” the article asserts, “the audition process should take into account race, gender and other factors.”. To which Reynolds responds: No one ever argues that sports teams, or university faculties, should AFFIRMATIVE ACTION: R.I.P. OR RELEASE 3.0? I have a new article in the Summer 2021 issue of the National Association of Scholars journal, Academic Questions. It argues, among other things, that the new emphasis on “equity” threatens affirmative action as much as it does the increasingly old-fashioned principle prohibiting the state from benefitting or burdening individuals based on their race. THE LEGACY OF DISCRIMINATION / THE DISCRIMINATION OF LEGACIES Legacy programs do currently favor whites, since whites have traditionally been the ones graduating from college. However, the legacy program of an institution would favor the decendants of *any* graduate, and therefore, those of a black or Hispanic graduate aswell.
GEOGRAPHICAL DISCRIMINATION Brian Dickerson, a columnist for the Detroit Free Press, argues that discriminating on the basis of race to promote “diversity” is “essentially the same” as discriminating on the basis of geography for the same end.. Long before affirmative action became part of the American lexicon, the university I attended was seeking to enroll first-year classes that were representative THE SOCIOLOGY OF BIAS, OR THE BIAS OF SOCIOLOGY? In an article on “The Hidden Biases That Shape Inequality” on Monday the Chronicle of Higher Education reported on some papers presented at the plenary session of the recent American Sociological Association annual meeting in New York, a gathering devoted to the theme of “Interrogating Inequality.” Based on the Chronicle’s report, it appears that Inequality took the Fifth. RACISM, RACIALISM, RACIAL ESSENTIALISM: DOES RACE BY ANY Springer, publisher of “more than 2,900 journals and 290,000 books,” also recognizes the difference between the two words, one of its authors noting in “Was the British Empire racialist or racist?” that “Racialism was thus a term used to describe differences between races. Racism, by contrast, is a belief that some races are inherently superior, and that others are inferior and those RACIAL PROFILING: PRO AND CON Eugene Volokh has a characteristically interesting post, on racial profiling, taking issue with an OpinionJournal criticism of the judge in lawsuit filed by an Arab-American passenger removed from a United Airlines flight “because the crew wasn’t comfortable with him aboard.”. Eugene points out that “the proper role of racial profiling in fighting terrorism is an interesting an SELF-AFFIRMATION AND “STEREOTYPE THREAT” I’ve never been very impressed with Claude Steele’s theory of “stereotype threat (as indicated here), and a new study by Prof. Geoffrey Cohen at the University of Colorado and a colleague at Yale that is getting some attention hasn’t changed my mind.. The study involved two experiments in which seventh graders from middle-class and lower middle-class families were asked to choose one MEDICAL SCHOOL ACCEPTANCE RATES BY RACE AND ETHNICITY Even with those numbers, still less than 5% of doctors are Hispanic and less than 10% are Black. Are you complaining that 5/100 seats and 10/100 are being “given” over to minorities over more deserving caucasian applicants? DID THE OBAMAS BENEFIT FROM AFFIRMATIVE ACTION? Washington Post opinion columnist Ruth Marcus went online today to answer questions. Here’s one, and her answer: Herndon, Va.:Is an Obama Presidency the end of Affirmative Action? After all, won’t it be incredibly unfair for a kid mailing in her college application from the White House to receive preferential treatment while a kid with better grades from the wrong side of the tracks doesn DISCRIMINATIONS: STILL OUT ON A LIMB AFTER MORE THAN First, requiring only a bare majority of Senators to confirm a judicial nominee is completely contrary to the history and intent of the Senate. The nuclear option also upsets a tradition and history that says we are not going to change the rules of the Senate by a majority vote. It breaks the rule to change the rule. THE COLOR OF DISRESPECT The respect that I demand of you stems not from arrogance or any sense of self-importance but from my unfailing commitment to your excellence. And when talk about all else blinds us to this reality, then the classroom becomes empty and meaningless. Finally, or almost finally, one more turn of the color wheel: it seems that the Cubanstudent
THE SOCIOLOGY OF BIAS, OR THE BIAS OF In an article on “The Hidden Biases That Shape Inequality” on Monday the Chronicle of Higher Education reported on some papers presented at the plenary session of the recent American Sociological Association annual meeting in New York, a gathering devoted to the theme of “Interrogating Inequality.” Based on the Chronicle’s report, it appears that Inequality took the Fifth. RACISM, RACIALISM, RACIAL ESSENTIALISM: DOES RACE BY ANY Racialism : a. An emphasis on race or racial considerations, as in determining policy or interpreting events. b. Policy or practice based on racial considerations. c. Chiefly British Variant of racism. Racism : 1. The belief that race accounts for differences in human character or ability and that a particular race is superior to others. RACIAL DISCRIMINATION, THEN AND NOW The New York Times today published an obituary of retired federal district court judge, William Bootle, who died Tuesday at 102. (Hat Tip to Howard Bashman). Although many of you will not recognize his name, Judge Bootle was one of the courageous Southern judges who upheld the principle of equality when it was, er, considerably less than popular in that time and place to do so. RACE, THE “GREAT ALIBI,” AND THE “TREASURY OF VIRTUE” We are now (and have been for far too long) witnessing a similar dynamic where the history of racism and discrimination provides a “great alibi” to blacks, excusing whatever they say or do, and a “treasury of virtue” to liberals, whose moral superiority is guaranteed forever by their historic defense of minorities. Posted inPolitics.
WHITES AS THE NEW JEWS? Whites As The New Jews? 27 May 2011. It is common to observe that Asians are the “new Jews” — academic over-achieving victims of quotas, now dressed up as “diversity”-based affirmative action. In a striking variation on that theme, the author of the comment I’m about to quote argues that it is American whites who are the new Jews WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN “DIVERSITY GOALS” AND“QUOTAS”?
The airport’s new practice will set specific goals for race- or gender-based participation in contracts based on the number of such companies in the Nashville area engaged in relevant types of work. Perhaps “goals” become quotas — or in the words of this article, what some “would consider quotas” — when they are replaced by MEDICAL SCHOOL ACCEPTANCE RATES BY RACE AND ETHNICITY We find the same pattern of acceptance rates by ethnic/racial groups for applicants with slightly above average academic credentials. For example, for applicants with MCAT scores of 30 to 32 (slightly above average) and GPAs between 3.40 to 3.59 (average) , the acceptance rates for blacks (86.9%) and Hispanics (75.9%) were much higher than “ATTRIBUTES” FOR GAYS? Shouting: I doubt this is to promote homosexuality. It is about power. Admitting students used to be a simple process. But affirmative action and other laws and ideas about fairness have changed a clerical function into a substantial bureaucracy with power. DISCRIMINATIONS: STILL OUT ON A LIMB AFTER MORE THAN First, requiring only a bare majority of Senators to confirm a judicial nominee is completely contrary to the history and intent of the Senate. The nuclear option also upsets a tradition and history that says we are not going to change the rules of the Senate by a majority vote. It breaks the rule to change the rule. THE COLOR OF DISRESPECT The respect that I demand of you stems not from arrogance or any sense of self-importance but from my unfailing commitment to your excellence. And when talk about all else blinds us to this reality, then the classroom becomes empty and meaningless. Finally, or almost finally, one more turn of the color wheel: it seems that the Cubanstudent
THE SOCIOLOGY OF BIAS, OR THE BIAS OF In an article on “The Hidden Biases That Shape Inequality” on Monday the Chronicle of Higher Education reported on some papers presented at the plenary session of the recent American Sociological Association annual meeting in New York, a gathering devoted to the theme of “Interrogating Inequality.” Based on the Chronicle’s report, it appears that Inequality took the Fifth. RACISM, RACIALISM, RACIAL ESSENTIALISM: DOES RACE BY ANY Racialism : a. An emphasis on race or racial considerations, as in determining policy or interpreting events. b. Policy or practice based on racial considerations. c. Chiefly British Variant of racism. Racism : 1. The belief that race accounts for differences in human character or ability and that a particular race is superior to others. RACIAL DISCRIMINATION, THEN AND NOW The New York Times today published an obituary of retired federal district court judge, William Bootle, who died Tuesday at 102. (Hat Tip to Howard Bashman). Although many of you will not recognize his name, Judge Bootle was one of the courageous Southern judges who upheld the principle of equality when it was, er, considerably less than popular in that time and place to do so. RACE, THE “GREAT ALIBI,” AND THE “TREASURY OF VIRTUE” We are now (and have been for far too long) witnessing a similar dynamic where the history of racism and discrimination provides a “great alibi” to blacks, excusing whatever they say or do, and a “treasury of virtue” to liberals, whose moral superiority is guaranteed forever by their historic defense of minorities. Posted inPolitics.
WHITES AS THE NEW JEWS? Whites As The New Jews? 27 May 2011. It is common to observe that Asians are the “new Jews” — academic over-achieving victims of quotas, now dressed up as “diversity”-based affirmative action. In a striking variation on that theme, the author of the comment I’m about to quote argues that it is American whites who are the new Jews WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN “DIVERSITY GOALS” AND“QUOTAS”?
The airport’s new practice will set specific goals for race- or gender-based participation in contracts based on the number of such companies in the Nashville area engaged in relevant types of work. Perhaps “goals” become quotas — or in the words of this article, what some “would consider quotas” — when they are replaced by MEDICAL SCHOOL ACCEPTANCE RATES BY RACE AND ETHNICITY We find the same pattern of acceptance rates by ethnic/racial groups for applicants with slightly above average academic credentials. For example, for applicants with MCAT scores of 30 to 32 (slightly above average) and GPAs between 3.40 to 3.59 (average) , the acceptance rates for blacks (86.9%) and Hispanics (75.9%) were much higher than “ATTRIBUTES” FOR GAYS? Shouting: I doubt this is to promote homosexuality. It is about power. Admitting students used to be a simple process. But affirmative action and other laws and ideas about fairness have changed a clerical function into a substantial bureaucracy with power. AFFIRMATIVE ACTION: R.I.P. OR RELEASE 3.0? I have a new article in the Summer 2021 issue of the National Association of Scholars journal, Academic Questions. It argues, among other things, that the new emphasis on “equity” threatens affirmative action as much as it does the increasingly old-fashioned principle prohibiting the state from benefitting or burdening individuals based on their race. THE SOCIOLOGY OF BIAS, OR THE BIAS OF In an article on “The Hidden Biases That Shape Inequality” on Monday the Chronicle of Higher Education reported on some papers presented at the plenary session of the recent American Sociological Association annual meeting in New York, a gathering devoted to the theme of “Interrogating Inequality.” Based on the Chronicle’s report, it appears that Inequality took the Fifth. A HISTORY ASSIGNMENT FOR PRESIDENT BIDEN On Tuesday night President Biden acknowledged to George Stephanopoulos of ABC News that he was now open to “reform” of the rule allowing Senate filibusters. Since his own deeply held, passionate views on the necessity of the filibuster over the years have been what might charitably be labeled inconsistent — varying in lockstep with which party’s ox was threatened with being gored HOW BAD IS CANCEL CULTURE? Democrats in Congress escalate pressure on tech execs to censor more. A veteran Bronx school superintendent was fired when she was fired after sharing information in a struggle session about her grandparents losing two children in the Holocaust and for refusing to take part in a black power salute. She’s suing. DISCRIMINATORY WORDS? Discriminatory ”code,” obviously (at least to sensitive academics), is deeply textured and highly nuanced, susceptible to competing deconstructions. In fact, writes the award-winning professor, “I suspect that often the word ‘energetic’ in a job announcement is actually code for ‘younger’ or at least ‘not older.’”. Although GEOGRAPHICAL DISCRIMINATION Brian Dickerson, a columnist for the Detroit Free Press, argues that discriminating on the basis of race to promote “diversity” is “essentially the same” as discriminating on the basis of geography for the same end.. Long before affirmative action became part of the American lexicon, the university I attended was seeking to enroll first-year classes that were representative SELF-AFFIRMATION AND “STEREOTYPE THREAT” A total of 243 students participated, divided in roughly equal numbers by race. “This exercise, called a self-affirmation, allows a student to reaffirm that he or she is a good person,” Cohen said. “That helps fight the stress arising from the fear that the negative stereotype could be used against you.”. The study found the average WHITES AS THE NEW JEWS? Whites As The New Jews? 27 May 2011. It is common to observe that Asians are the “new Jews” — academic over-achieving victims of quotas, now dressed up as “diversity”-based affirmative action. In a striking variation on that theme, the author of the comment I’m about to quote argues that it is American whites who are the new Jews DEMOCRATS DEFEND “POSTPARTUM ABORTION” Democrats have gone off the deep end over abortion. “In just a few years pro-abortion zealots went from ‘safe, legal, and rare’ to ‘keep the newborns comfortable while the doctor debates infanticide,’” Senator Ben Sasse (R, Neb) recently said to National Review in describing his Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act.. That act creates criminal penalties for any healthcare
SILENT PROTEST: DEAF STUDENTS DEMAND DEAF DEAN 23 March 2004. A group of deaf students at Ohlone College, a small school south of San Francisco, “have formed a group called ‘DDA’ — which stands for Deaf Dean Always” — and are organizing “a silent protest” to replace the retiring dean of deaf services with someone who is deaf, reports KNTV, Channel 11 (NBC) in the Bay Area. DISCRIMINATIONS: STILL OUT ON A LIMB AFTER MORE THAN First, requiring only a bare majority of Senators to confirm a judicial nominee is completely contrary to the history and intent of the Senate. The nuclear option also upsets a tradition and history that says we are not going to change the rules of the Senate by a majority vote. It breaks the rule to change the rule. THE COLOR OF DISRESPECT The respect that I demand of you stems not from arrogance or any sense of self-importance but from my unfailing commitment to your excellence. And when talk about all else blinds us to this reality, then the classroom becomes empty and meaningless. Finally, or almost finally, one more turn of the color wheel: it seems that the Cubanstudent
RACIAL DISCRIMINATION, THEN AND NOW The New York Times today published an obituary of retired federal district court judge, William Bootle, who died Tuesday at 102. (Hat Tip to Howard Bashman). Although many of you will not recognize his name, Judge Bootle was one of the courageous Southern judges who upheld the principle of equality when it was, er, considerably less than popular in that time and place to do so. A HATE CRIME OCCURRED, BUT WHO WAS THE VICTIM? Four years ago today Daisy Lundy, then a second year student at the University of Virginia “of black and Korean background” and a candidate for president of the the student council, claimed that she was assaulted by a student-appearing white male who sneered that “no one wants a nigger to be president.”. This incident, or alleged incident, occurred on the eve of the run-off election.SOWELL ON MISMATCH
5 December 2012. Thomas Sowell has a terrific review of Sander and Taylor’s Mismatch in the Claremont Review of Books. Read the whole thing if you can, but meanwhile enjoy his priceless lede: Anyone who follows public policy issues can easily think of policies that help one group at the expense of some other group. What is rarer, however,is
WHITES AS THE NEW JEWS? Whites As The New Jews? 27 May 2011. It is common to observe that Asians are the “new Jews” — academic over-achieving victims of quotas, now dressed up as “diversity”-based affirmative action. In a striking variation on that theme, the author of the comment I’m about to quote argues that it is American whites who are the new Jews RACE, THE “GREAT ALIBI,” AND THE “TREASURY OF VIRTUE” We are now (and have been for far too long) witnessing a similar dynamic where the history of racism and discrimination provides a “great alibi” to blacks, excusing whatever they say or do, and a “treasury of virtue” to liberals, whose moral superiority is guaranteed forever by their historic defense of minorities. Posted inPolitics.
WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN “DIVERSITY GOALS” AND“QUOTAS”?
The airport’s new practice will set specific goals for race- or gender-based participation in contracts based on the number of such companies in the Nashville area engaged in relevant types of work. Perhaps “goals” become quotas — or in the words of this article, what some “would consider quotas” — when they are replaced by “ATTRIBUTES” FOR GAYS? Shouting: I doubt this is to promote homosexuality. It is about power. Admitting students used to be a simple process. But affirmative action and other laws and ideas about fairness have changed a clerical function into a substantial bureaucracy with power. DID THE OBAMAS BENEFIT FROM AFFIRMATIVE ACTION? Washington Post opinion columnist Ruth Marcus went online today to answer questions. Here’s one, and her answer: Herndon, Va.:Is an Obama Presidency the end of Affirmative Action? After all, won’t it be incredibly unfair for a kid mailing in her college application from the White House to receive preferential treatment while a kid with better grades from the wrong side of the tracks doesn DISCRIMINATIONS: STILL OUT ON A LIMB AFTER MORE THAN First, requiring only a bare majority of Senators to confirm a judicial nominee is completely contrary to the history and intent of the Senate. The nuclear option also upsets a tradition and history that says we are not going to change the rules of the Senate by a majority vote. It breaks the rule to change the rule. THE COLOR OF DISRESPECT The respect that I demand of you stems not from arrogance or any sense of self-importance but from my unfailing commitment to your excellence. And when talk about all else blinds us to this reality, then the classroom becomes empty and meaningless. Finally, or almost finally, one more turn of the color wheel: it seems that the Cubanstudent
RACIAL DISCRIMINATION, THEN AND NOW The New York Times today published an obituary of retired federal district court judge, William Bootle, who died Tuesday at 102. (Hat Tip to Howard Bashman). Although many of you will not recognize his name, Judge Bootle was one of the courageous Southern judges who upheld the principle of equality when it was, er, considerably less than popular in that time and place to do so. A HATE CRIME OCCURRED, BUT WHO WAS THE VICTIM? Four years ago today Daisy Lundy, then a second year student at the University of Virginia “of black and Korean background” and a candidate for president of the the student council, claimed that she was assaulted by a student-appearing white male who sneered that “no one wants a nigger to be president.”. This incident, or alleged incident, occurred on the eve of the run-off election.SOWELL ON MISMATCH
5 December 2012. Thomas Sowell has a terrific review of Sander and Taylor’s Mismatch in the Claremont Review of Books. Read the whole thing if you can, but meanwhile enjoy his priceless lede: Anyone who follows public policy issues can easily think of policies that help one group at the expense of some other group. What is rarer, however,is
RACE, THE “GREAT ALIBI,” AND THE “TREASURY OF VIRTUE” We are now (and have been for far too long) witnessing a similar dynamic where the history of racism and discrimination provides a “great alibi” to blacks, excusing whatever they say or do, and a “treasury of virtue” to liberals, whose moral superiority is guaranteed forever by their historic defense of minorities. Posted inPolitics.
WHITES AS THE NEW JEWS? Whites As The New Jews? 27 May 2011. It is common to observe that Asians are the “new Jews” — academic over-achieving victims of quotas, now dressed up as “diversity”-based affirmative action. In a striking variation on that theme, the author of the comment I’m about to quote argues that it is American whites who are the new Jews WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN “DIVERSITY GOALS” AND“QUOTAS”?
The airport’s new practice will set specific goals for race- or gender-based participation in contracts based on the number of such companies in the Nashville area engaged in relevant types of work. Perhaps “goals” become quotas — or in the words of this article, what some “would consider quotas” — when they are replaced by DEMOCRATS DEFEND “POSTPARTUM ABORTION” Democrats have gone off the deep end over abortion. “In just a few years pro-abortion zealots went from ‘safe, legal, and rare’ to ‘keep the newborns comfortable while the doctor debates infanticide,’” Senator Ben Sasse (R, Neb) recently said to National Review in describing his Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act.. That act creates criminal penalties for any healthcare
“ATTRIBUTES” FOR GAYS? Shouting: I doubt this is to promote homosexuality. It is about power. Admitting students used to be a simple process. But affirmative action and other laws and ideas about fairness have changed a clerical function into a substantial bureaucracy with power. DISCRIMINATIONS: STILL OUT ON A LIMB AFTER MORE THAN On Instapundit Glenn Reynolds quotes a New York Times article calling for the end of race-blind auditions for orchestras: “If ensembles are to reflect the communities they serve,” the article asserts, “the audition process should take into account race, gender and other factors.”. To which Reynolds responds: No one ever argues that sports teams, or university faculties, should AFFIRMATIVE ACTION: R.I.P. OR RELEASE 3.0? I have a new article in the Summer 2021 issue of the National Association of Scholars journal, Academic Questions. It argues, among other things, that the new emphasis on “equity” threatens affirmative action as much as it does the increasingly old-fashioned principle prohibiting the state from benefitting or burdening individuals based on their race. A HISTORY ASSIGNMENT FOR PRESIDENT BIDEN On Tuesday night President Biden acknowledged to George Stephanopoulos of ABC News that he was now open to “reform” of the rule allowing Senate filibusters. Since his own deeply held, passionate views on the necessity of the filibuster over the years have been what might charitably be labeled inconsistent — varying in lockstep with which party’s ox was threatened with being gored THE SOCIOLOGY OF BIAS, OR THE BIAS OF In an article on “The Hidden Biases That Shape Inequality” on Monday the Chronicle of Higher Education reported on some papers presented at the plenary session of the recent American Sociological Association annual meeting in New York, a gathering devoted to the theme of “Interrogating Inequality.” Based on the Chronicle’s report, it appears that Inequality took the Fifth. HOW BAD IS CANCEL CULTURE? Democrats in Congress escalate pressure on tech execs to censor more. A veteran Bronx school superintendent was fired when she was fired after sharing information in a struggle session about her grandparents losing two children in the Holocaust and for refusing to take part in a black power salute. She’s suing. GEOGRAPHICAL DISCRIMINATION Brian Dickerson, a columnist for the Detroit Free Press, argues that discriminating on the basis of race to promote “diversity” is “essentially the same” as discriminating on the basis of geography for the same end.. Long before affirmative action became part of the American lexicon, the university I attended was seeking to enroll first-year classes that were representative SELF-AFFIRMATION AND “STEREOTYPE THREAT” A total of 243 students participated, divided in roughly equal numbers by race. “This exercise, called a self-affirmation, allows a student to reaffirm that he or she is a good person,” Cohen said. “That helps fight the stress arising from the fear that the negative stereotype could be used against you.”. The study found the average RACE, THE “GREAT ALIBI,” AND THE “TREASURY OF VIRTUE” We are now (and have been for far too long) witnessing a similar dynamic where the history of racism and discrimination provides a “great alibi” to blacks, excusing whatever they say or do, and a “treasury of virtue” to liberals, whose moral superiority is guaranteed forever by their historic defense of minorities. Posted inPolitics.
MEDICAL SCHOOL ACCEPTANCE RATES BY RACE AND ETHNICITY We find the same pattern of acceptance rates by ethnic/racial groups for applicants with slightly above average academic credentials. For example, for applicants with MCAT scores of 30 to 32 (slightly above average) and GPAs between 3.40 to 3.59 (average) , the acceptance rates for blacks (86.9%) and Hispanics (75.9%) were much higher than IS DERELICTION OF DUTY AN IMPEACHABLE OFFENSE? Dana Milbank is not known as a member or fellow traveler of the Tea Party, nor is his employer, the Washington Post, known as a hotbed of Obama criticism, but I found it impossible to read his recent column, The most powerful man on Earth?, without wondering whether dereliction of duty qualifies as a high crime or misdemeanor and thus is an impeachable offense. DISCRIMINATIONS: STILL OUT ON A LIMB AFTER MORE THANARTICLES ON RACIALDISCRIMINATION
First, requiring only a bare majority of Senators to confirm a judicial nominee is completely contrary to the history and intent of the Senate. The nuclear option also upsets a tradition and history that says we are not going to change the rules of the Senate by a majority vote. It breaks the rule to change the rule. THE COLOR OF DISRESPECT The respect that I demand of you stems not from arrogance or any sense of self-importance but from my unfailing commitment to your excellence. And when talk about all else blinds us to this reality, then the classroom becomes empty and meaningless. Finally, or almost finally, one more turn of the color wheel: it seems that the Cubanstudent
THE SOCIOLOGY OF BIAS, OR THE BIAS OF In an article on “The Hidden Biases That Shape Inequality” on Monday the Chronicle of Higher Education reported on some papers presented at the plenary session of the recent American Sociological Association annual meeting in New York, a gathering devoted to the theme of “Interrogating Inequality.” Based on the Chronicle’s report, it appears that Inequality took the Fifth. GEOGRAPHICAL DISCRIMINATION 1. Maintain and strengthen our laws that prevent the distribution of burdens or benefits based on race, recognizing that doing so will bar racial preferences, or. 2. Repeal our laws preventing the distribution of burdens and benefits based on race so that we can continue to provide racial preferences in college admissions and elsewhere. RACIAL DISCRIMINATION, THEN AND NOW The New York Times today published an obituary of retired federal district court judge, William Bootle, who died Tuesday at 102. (Hat Tip to Howard Bashman). Although many of you will not recognize his name, Judge Bootle was one of the courageous Southern judges who upheld the principle of equality when it was, er, considerably less than popular in that time and place to do so. WHITES AS THE NEW JEWS? Whites As The New Jews? 27 May 2011. It is common to observe that Asians are the “new Jews” — academic over-achieving victims of quotas, now dressed up as “diversity”-based affirmative action. In a striking variation on that theme, the author of the comment I’m about to quote argues that it is American whites who are the new JewsSOWELL ON MISMATCH
5 December 2012. Thomas Sowell has a terrific review of Sander and Taylor’s Mismatch in the Claremont Review of Books. Read the whole thing if you can, but meanwhile enjoy his priceless lede: Anyone who follows public policy issues can easily think of policies that help one group at the expense of some other group. What is rarer, however,is
WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN “DIVERSITY GOALS” AND“QUOTAS”?
The airport’s new practice will set specific goals for race- or gender-based participation in contracts based on the number of such companies in the Nashville area engaged in relevant types of work. Perhaps “goals” become quotas — or in the words of this article, what some “would consider quotas” — when they are replaced by “ATTRIBUTES” FOR GAYS? Shouting: I doubt this is to promote homosexuality. It is about power. Admitting students used to be a simple process. But affirmative action and other laws and ideas about fairness have changed a clerical function into a substantial bureaucracy with power. DID THE OBAMAS BENEFIT FROM AFFIRMATIVE ACTION? Washington Post opinion columnist Ruth Marcus went online today to answer questions. Here’s one, and her answer: Herndon, Va.:Is an Obama Presidency the end of Affirmative Action? After all, won’t it be incredibly unfair for a kid mailing in her college application from the White House to receive preferential treatment while a kid with better grades from the wrong side of the tracks doesn DISCRIMINATIONS: STILL OUT ON A LIMB AFTER MORE THANARTICLES ON RACIALDISCRIMINATION
First, requiring only a bare majority of Senators to confirm a judicial nominee is completely contrary to the history and intent of the Senate. The nuclear option also upsets a tradition and history that says we are not going to change the rules of the Senate by a majority vote. It breaks the rule to change the rule. THE COLOR OF DISRESPECT The respect that I demand of you stems not from arrogance or any sense of self-importance but from my unfailing commitment to your excellence. And when talk about all else blinds us to this reality, then the classroom becomes empty and meaningless. Finally, or almost finally, one more turn of the color wheel: it seems that the Cubanstudent
THE SOCIOLOGY OF BIAS, OR THE BIAS OF In an article on “The Hidden Biases That Shape Inequality” on Monday the Chronicle of Higher Education reported on some papers presented at the plenary session of the recent American Sociological Association annual meeting in New York, a gathering devoted to the theme of “Interrogating Inequality.” Based on the Chronicle’s report, it appears that Inequality took the Fifth. GEOGRAPHICAL DISCRIMINATION 1. Maintain and strengthen our laws that prevent the distribution of burdens or benefits based on race, recognizing that doing so will bar racial preferences, or. 2. Repeal our laws preventing the distribution of burdens and benefits based on race so that we can continue to provide racial preferences in college admissions and elsewhere. RACIAL DISCRIMINATION, THEN AND NOW The New York Times today published an obituary of retired federal district court judge, William Bootle, who died Tuesday at 102. (Hat Tip to Howard Bashman). Although many of you will not recognize his name, Judge Bootle was one of the courageous Southern judges who upheld the principle of equality when it was, er, considerably less than popular in that time and place to do so. WHITES AS THE NEW JEWS? Whites As The New Jews? 27 May 2011. It is common to observe that Asians are the “new Jews” — academic over-achieving victims of quotas, now dressed up as “diversity”-based affirmative action. In a striking variation on that theme, the author of the comment I’m about to quote argues that it is American whites who are the new JewsSOWELL ON MISMATCH
5 December 2012. Thomas Sowell has a terrific review of Sander and Taylor’s Mismatch in the Claremont Review of Books. Read the whole thing if you can, but meanwhile enjoy his priceless lede: Anyone who follows public policy issues can easily think of policies that help one group at the expense of some other group. What is rarer, however,is
WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN “DIVERSITY GOALS” AND“QUOTAS”?
The airport’s new practice will set specific goals for race- or gender-based participation in contracts based on the number of such companies in the Nashville area engaged in relevant types of work. Perhaps “goals” become quotas — or in the words of this article, what some “would consider quotas” — when they are replaced by “ATTRIBUTES” FOR GAYS? Shouting: I doubt this is to promote homosexuality. It is about power. Admitting students used to be a simple process. But affirmative action and other laws and ideas about fairness have changed a clerical function into a substantial bureaucracy with power. DID THE OBAMAS BENEFIT FROM AFFIRMATIVE ACTION? Washington Post opinion columnist Ruth Marcus went online today to answer questions. Here’s one, and her answer: Herndon, Va.:Is an Obama Presidency the end of Affirmative Action? After all, won’t it be incredibly unfair for a kid mailing in her college application from the White House to receive preferential treatment while a kid with better grades from the wrong side of the tracks doesn ABOUT - DISCRIMINATIONS.US Back in 2002 Discriminations was the joint production of John and twelve-year old Jessie Rosenberg, but Jessie has adopted Honorary Founding Blogger status. She received her PhD in Applied Physics from Caltech last year, a few weeks after her 23rd birthday, and is now a regular staff researcher at IBM’s Thomas J. Watson Lab., which alongwith
AND ANOTHER THING
10 February 2021. According to a report on Law.Com’s Corporate Counsel, “Coca-Cola is demanding that at least 30% of the lawyers on its new cases be diverse, and half of that team must be Black.”. Wait, there’s more: The company’s law firms also have to provide quarterly reports on the diversity of teams working on Coca-Cola’s THE SOCIOLOGY OF BIAS, OR THE BIAS OF In an article on “The Hidden Biases That Shape Inequality” on Monday the Chronicle of Higher Education reported on some papers presented at the plenary session of the recent American Sociological Association annual meeting in New York, a gathering devoted to the theme of “Interrogating Inequality.” Based on the Chronicle’s report, it appears that Inequality took the Fifth. A HISTORY ASSIGNMENT FOR PRESIDENT BIDEN On Tuesday night President Biden acknowledged to George Stephanopoulos of ABC News that he was now open to “reform” of the rule allowing Senate filibusters. Since his own deeply held, passionate views on the necessity of the filibuster over the years have been what might charitably be labeled inconsistent — varying in lockstep with which party’s ox was threatened with being gored AD FOR OHIO STATE DIVERSITY OFFICER 15 April 2021. The following ad appeared in Inside Higher Ed ’s Diversity Insider emailed April 13. Assistant Dean for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion and Chief Diversity Officer. The Ohio State University. The Ohio State University is seeking a Assistant Dean for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion and Chief Diversity Officer. THE NEW YORKER DISCARDS “DIVERSITY,” EMBRACES DISCRIMINATION The New Yorker, of course, is not alone. As I discussed in Roberts In Reverse, in Sept. 2018 the New York Times published an article by a professor of education, public policy, and economics at the University of Michigan arguing “diversity” requires racial discrimination. And of course that’s right: If your goal is a discriminatory result SELF-AFFIRMATION AND “STEREOTYPE THREAT” A total of 243 students participated, divided in roughly equal numbers by race. “This exercise, called a self-affirmation, allows a student to reaffirm that he or she is a good person,” Cohen said. “That helps fight the stress arising from the fear that the negative stereotype could be used against you.”. The study found the average A HATE CRIME OCCURRED, BUT WHO WAS THE VICTIM? Four years ago today Daisy Lundy, then a second year student at the University of Virginia “of black and Korean background” and a candidate for president of the the student council, claimed that she was assaulted by a student-appearing white male who sneered that “no one wants a nigger to be president.”. This incident, or alleged incident, occurred on the eve of the run-off election. RACE, THE “GREAT ALIBI,” AND THE “TREASURY OF VIRTUE” We are now (and have been for far too long) witnessing a similar dynamic where the history of racism and discrimination provides a “great alibi” to blacks, excusing whatever they say or do, and a “treasury of virtue” to liberals, whose moral superiority is guaranteed forever by their historic defense of minorities. Posted inPolitics.
DEMOCRATS DEFEND “POSTPARTUM ABORTION” Democrats have gone off the deep end over abortion. “In just a few years pro-abortion zealots went from ‘safe, legal, and rare’ to ‘keep the newborns comfortable while the doctor debates infanticide,’” Senator Ben Sasse (R, Neb) recently said to National Review in describing his Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act.. That act creates criminal penalties for any healthcare
DISCRIMINATIONS: STILL OUT ON A LIMB AFTER MORE THANARTICLES ON RACIALDISCRIMINATION
First, requiring only a bare majority of Senators to confirm a judicial nominee is completely contrary to the history and intent of the Senate. The nuclear option also upsets a tradition and history that says we are not going to change the rules of the Senate by a majority vote. It breaks the rule to change the rule. THE COLOR OF DISRESPECT The respect that I demand of you stems not from arrogance or any sense of self-importance but from my unfailing commitment to your excellence. And when talk about all else blinds us to this reality, then the classroom becomes empty and meaningless. Finally, or almost finally, one more turn of the color wheel: it seems that the Cubanstudent
THE SOCIOLOGY OF BIAS, OR THE BIAS OF In an article on “The Hidden Biases That Shape Inequality” on Monday the Chronicle of Higher Education reported on some papers presented at the plenary session of the recent American Sociological Association annual meeting in New York, a gathering devoted to the theme of “Interrogating Inequality.” Based on the Chronicle’s report, it appears that Inequality took the Fifth. GEOGRAPHICAL DISCRIMINATION 1. Maintain and strengthen our laws that prevent the distribution of burdens or benefits based on race, recognizing that doing so will bar racial preferences, or. 2. Repeal our laws preventing the distribution of burdens and benefits based on race so that we can continue to provide racial preferences in college admissions and elsewhere. RACIAL DISCRIMINATION, THEN AND NOW The New York Times today published an obituary of retired federal district court judge, William Bootle, who died Tuesday at 102. (Hat Tip to Howard Bashman). Although many of you will not recognize his name, Judge Bootle was one of the courageous Southern judges who upheld the principle of equality when it was, er, considerably less than popular in that time and place to do so. WHITES AS THE NEW JEWS? Whites As The New Jews? 27 May 2011. It is common to observe that Asians are the “new Jews” — academic over-achieving victims of quotas, now dressed up as “diversity”-based affirmative action. In a striking variation on that theme, the author of the comment I’m about to quote argues that it is American whites who are the new JewsSOWELL ON MISMATCH
5 December 2012. Thomas Sowell has a terrific review of Sander and Taylor’s Mismatch in the Claremont Review of Books. Read the whole thing if you can, but meanwhile enjoy his priceless lede: Anyone who follows public policy issues can easily think of policies that help one group at the expense of some other group. What is rarer, however,is
WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN “DIVERSITY GOALS” AND“QUOTAS”?
The airport’s new practice will set specific goals for race- or gender-based participation in contracts based on the number of such companies in the Nashville area engaged in relevant types of work. Perhaps “goals” become quotas — or in the words of this article, what some “would consider quotas” — when they are replaced by “ATTRIBUTES” FOR GAYS? Shouting: I doubt this is to promote homosexuality. It is about power. Admitting students used to be a simple process. But affirmative action and other laws and ideas about fairness have changed a clerical function into a substantial bureaucracy with power. DID THE OBAMAS BENEFIT FROM AFFIRMATIVE ACTION? Washington Post opinion columnist Ruth Marcus went online today to answer questions. Here’s one, and her answer: Herndon, Va.:Is an Obama Presidency the end of Affirmative Action? After all, won’t it be incredibly unfair for a kid mailing in her college application from the White House to receive preferential treatment while a kid with better grades from the wrong side of the tracks doesn DISCRIMINATIONS: STILL OUT ON A LIMB AFTER MORE THANARTICLES ON RACIALDISCRIMINATION
First, requiring only a bare majority of Senators to confirm a judicial nominee is completely contrary to the history and intent of the Senate. The nuclear option also upsets a tradition and history that says we are not going to change the rules of the Senate by a majority vote. It breaks the rule to change the rule. THE COLOR OF DISRESPECT The respect that I demand of you stems not from arrogance or any sense of self-importance but from my unfailing commitment to your excellence. And when talk about all else blinds us to this reality, then the classroom becomes empty and meaningless. Finally, or almost finally, one more turn of the color wheel: it seems that the Cubanstudent
THE SOCIOLOGY OF BIAS, OR THE BIAS OF In an article on “The Hidden Biases That Shape Inequality” on Monday the Chronicle of Higher Education reported on some papers presented at the plenary session of the recent American Sociological Association annual meeting in New York, a gathering devoted to the theme of “Interrogating Inequality.” Based on the Chronicle’s report, it appears that Inequality took the Fifth. GEOGRAPHICAL DISCRIMINATION 1. Maintain and strengthen our laws that prevent the distribution of burdens or benefits based on race, recognizing that doing so will bar racial preferences, or. 2. Repeal our laws preventing the distribution of burdens and benefits based on race so that we can continue to provide racial preferences in college admissions and elsewhere. RACIAL DISCRIMINATION, THEN AND NOW The New York Times today published an obituary of retired federal district court judge, William Bootle, who died Tuesday at 102. (Hat Tip to Howard Bashman). Although many of you will not recognize his name, Judge Bootle was one of the courageous Southern judges who upheld the principle of equality when it was, er, considerably less than popular in that time and place to do so. WHITES AS THE NEW JEWS? Whites As The New Jews? 27 May 2011. It is common to observe that Asians are the “new Jews” — academic over-achieving victims of quotas, now dressed up as “diversity”-based affirmative action. In a striking variation on that theme, the author of the comment I’m about to quote argues that it is American whites who are the new JewsSOWELL ON MISMATCH
5 December 2012. Thomas Sowell has a terrific review of Sander and Taylor’s Mismatch in the Claremont Review of Books. Read the whole thing if you can, but meanwhile enjoy his priceless lede: Anyone who follows public policy issues can easily think of policies that help one group at the expense of some other group. What is rarer, however,is
WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN “DIVERSITY GOALS” AND“QUOTAS”?
The airport’s new practice will set specific goals for race- or gender-based participation in contracts based on the number of such companies in the Nashville area engaged in relevant types of work. Perhaps “goals” become quotas — or in the words of this article, what some “would consider quotas” — when they are replaced by “ATTRIBUTES” FOR GAYS? Shouting: I doubt this is to promote homosexuality. It is about power. Admitting students used to be a simple process. But affirmative action and other laws and ideas about fairness have changed a clerical function into a substantial bureaucracy with power. DID THE OBAMAS BENEFIT FROM AFFIRMATIVE ACTION? Washington Post opinion columnist Ruth Marcus went online today to answer questions. Here’s one, and her answer: Herndon, Va.:Is an Obama Presidency the end of Affirmative Action? After all, won’t it be incredibly unfair for a kid mailing in her college application from the White House to receive preferential treatment while a kid with better grades from the wrong side of the tracks doesn ABOUT - DISCRIMINATIONS.US Back in 2002 Discriminations was the joint production of John and twelve-year old Jessie Rosenberg, but Jessie has adopted Honorary Founding Blogger status. She received her PhD in Applied Physics from Caltech last year, a few weeks after her 23rd birthday, and is now a regular staff researcher at IBM’s Thomas J. Watson Lab., which alongwith
AND ANOTHER THING
10 February 2021. According to a report on Law.Com’s Corporate Counsel, “Coca-Cola is demanding that at least 30% of the lawyers on its new cases be diverse, and half of that team must be Black.”. Wait, there’s more: The company’s law firms also have to provide quarterly reports on the diversity of teams working on Coca-Cola’s THE SOCIOLOGY OF BIAS, OR THE BIAS OF In an article on “The Hidden Biases That Shape Inequality” on Monday the Chronicle of Higher Education reported on some papers presented at the plenary session of the recent American Sociological Association annual meeting in New York, a gathering devoted to the theme of “Interrogating Inequality.” Based on the Chronicle’s report, it appears that Inequality took the Fifth. A HISTORY ASSIGNMENT FOR PRESIDENT BIDEN On Tuesday night President Biden acknowledged to George Stephanopoulos of ABC News that he was now open to “reform” of the rule allowing Senate filibusters. Since his own deeply held, passionate views on the necessity of the filibuster over the years have been what might charitably be labeled inconsistent — varying in lockstep with which party’s ox was threatened with being gored AD FOR OHIO STATE DIVERSITY OFFICER 15 April 2021. The following ad appeared in Inside Higher Ed ’s Diversity Insider emailed April 13. Assistant Dean for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion and Chief Diversity Officer. The Ohio State University. The Ohio State University is seeking a Assistant Dean for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion and Chief Diversity Officer. THE NEW YORKER DISCARDS “DIVERSITY,” EMBRACES DISCRIMINATION The New Yorker, of course, is not alone. As I discussed in Roberts In Reverse, in Sept. 2018 the New York Times published an article by a professor of education, public policy, and economics at the University of Michigan arguing “diversity” requires racial discrimination. And of course that’s right: If your goal is a discriminatory result SELF-AFFIRMATION AND “STEREOTYPE THREAT” A total of 243 students participated, divided in roughly equal numbers by race. “This exercise, called a self-affirmation, allows a student to reaffirm that he or she is a good person,” Cohen said. “That helps fight the stress arising from the fear that the negative stereotype could be used against you.”. The study found the average A HATE CRIME OCCURRED, BUT WHO WAS THE VICTIM? Four years ago today Daisy Lundy, then a second year student at the University of Virginia “of black and Korean background” and a candidate for president of the the student council, claimed that she was assaulted by a student-appearing white male who sneered that “no one wants a nigger to be president.”. This incident, or alleged incident, occurred on the eve of the run-off election. RACE, THE “GREAT ALIBI,” AND THE “TREASURY OF VIRTUE” We are now (and have been for far too long) witnessing a similar dynamic where the history of racism and discrimination provides a “great alibi” to blacks, excusing whatever they say or do, and a “treasury of virtue” to liberals, whose moral superiority is guaranteed forever by their historic defense of minorities. Posted inPolitics.
DEMOCRATS DEFEND “POSTPARTUM ABORTION” Democrats have gone off the deep end over abortion. “In just a few years pro-abortion zealots went from ‘safe, legal, and rare’ to ‘keep the newborns comfortable while the doctor debates infanticide,’” Senator Ben Sasse (R, Neb) recently said to National Review in describing his Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act.. That act creates criminal penalties for any healthcare
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14 April 2020
Abigail Thernstrom passed away last week. She was an impressive woman, as ably documented by Roger Cleggin
_National Review_. I am proud to say she was a good friend, and she was also quite a force. With so many fools around, it’s especially sad to lose someone who so efficiently refused to suffer them gladly. Posted in And another thing| Say What?
VIRUS ALARMISM … OR NOT14 March 2020
Heather Mac Donald has a typically (for her) superb articleon the
“misguided response to COVID-19.” I encourage everyone to read it.But…
I just sent her the following comments: > This piece is terrific, as usual!>
> I admit, however, to feeling some uncomfortable dissonance between > my view of the social/political situation, about which I completely > agree with you, and my personal situation, where I’ve come to > believe that responding more in line with the extreme/alarmist views > makes the most sense.>
> Specifically, I usually play tennis (doubles), indoors until late > spring, around three times a week, with players in a group of about > 35 or so other geezers. I enjoy this, it’s my main exercise, and > to date, to the best of my knowledge, only 18 cases have been > identified in Virginia, none near Charlottesville. But I’ve > decided to put it on hold for now, with what my wife Helene regards > as encouragement but what is in fact a non-negotiable demand; she, > after all, is also giving up swimming every day.>
> Playing requires “exposure” not only to the three other players > each time but also to all those present at the large sports club> where we play.
>
> Given current knowledge, my chance of coming down with the virus > because of this tennis appear to be ridiculously slim. BUT, in the > absence of testing, our current knowledge of how many people may now > be carrying the virus is virtually non-existent, not to mention by > next Tuesday, Thursday, etc.>
> In short, given the currently apparent slimness of the risk, > continuing to play can be defended as a reasonable gamble. But the > effect of gambling and losing is so extreme that it hardly seems > worth the risk, however small (but in the absence of data, we > don’t know how small). Much as I enjoy the tennis, it’s not> essential.
>
> For what it’s worth, our daughter, Jessie, a very smart physicist > who is not an alarmist, whose keel is always even, recommends this > course. On the other hand, one of the guys in my group, also a very > smart physicist, who until retirement was provost at a prominent > state university, is ambivalent but is continuing to play. (He was > so ambivalent that I told him it was very helpful talking to him > since no matter what I decided to do I could rely on him for> authority.)
I hope my decision not to play will prove to have been alarmist, dumb,and unnecessary.
UPDATE 15 March
Last night the Norfolk _Virginian-Pilot_ reported that Virginia now has 41 confirmed cases of COVID-19, up from 30 the day before. 18 of these are in Northern Virginia — not surprising, since, the _Washington Post_ reports, “the
number of covid-19 cases in the D.C. region is doubling every 48hours.”
If you followed my advice (and link) and read Heather Mac Donald’s article, you should follow it again and read John McCormack’s strongly argued different view in _National Review_. Posted in And another thing| Say What?
BABYLON WANNA-BEE
1 March 2020
As most of you know, the Babylon Bee is a hilarious satire site. In fact, since the Dems, Libs, and Progs have become so deranged it has become so difficult to tell satire from reality that Instapundit has for a long time been referring to the Bee as our newspaper of record.In that spirit,
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WASHINGTON STATE: ANOTHER ATTEMPT TO REVIVE AFFIRMATIVE ACTION4 February 2020
Even readers with short memories will recall that Minding The Campus published my three essays covering the duplicitous attempt of Washington State Democrats to bring back affirmative action, which had been prohibited in a 1998 referendum. But in case anyone has forgotten: A Duplicitous Attempt to Rescue Affirmative Action Washington State Voters Reject Affirmative Action, Again Tricking Posted in And another thing| Say What?
POLITICIZED HISTORY
29 January 2020
I have a new rather long essay on Minding The Campus, “Playing Politics With History,” that I invite — no, encourage — you to see. I often describe myself as a lapsed historian, and writing this reminded me of some old times. One of those times is described in the second half, or perhaps last Posted in And another thing| Say What?
THE NEW YORKER DISCARDS “DIVERSITY,” EMBRACES DISCRIMINATION13 January 2020
I encourage readers to take a look at a new article (because the article is quite long, it will have to be a long look) in The New Yorker by Louis Menand defending affirmative action. I will have more — probably much more — to say about it presently, but at themoment I am
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CAMPUS FOLLIES I
9 January 2020
Folly, noun: lack of good sense; foolishness…. I’ve numbered this post “Campus Follies I” because, for some reason, I have a feeling more examples will follow. In any event, Inside Higher Ed reports this morning that Iowa State University has adopted a policy prohibiting writing messages in chalk on campus sidewalks because, say the policy’s defenders, Posted in And another thing| Say What?
VIRGINIA TURNING BLUE14 December 2019
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LESSONS FROM WASHINGTON STATE11 November 2019
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WASHINGTON REFERENDUM 88: INCOMPLETE RESULTS8 November 2019
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EXTRA! EXTRA! WASHINGTON REJECTS RACIAL PREFERENCE!6 November 2019
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A DUPLICITOUS ATTEMPT TO RESCUE RACIAL PREFERENCE27 October 2019
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HARVARD WON. FAIRNESS LOST. RELEASE 2.015 October 2019
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HARVARD WON. FAIRNESS LOST3 October 2019
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MORE ON MAKING PHYSICS “WELCOMING”20 September 2019
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DOING PHYSICS WHILE BLACK17 September 2019
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AN ILL WIND AT STANFORD19 August 2019
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