Of 100 studies published in top-ranking journals in 2008, 75% of social psychology experiments and half of cognitive studies failed the replication test Source: Study delivers bleak verdict on validity of psychology experiment results | Science | The Guardian Conservatives are accustomed to being pilloried in the social science literature for any number of undesirable…
“…And miles to go before I sleep.”
“Green is the new red.” If you’re of a certain age, you might recall the 1977 spy thriller “Telefon.” The set-up is, just after the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Soviets plant several dozen deep-cover spies on our shores, brainwashed to the point that they have no idea they’re agents. In the event of a future conflict,…
It’s Time To Have A National Dialogue On The Drinking Age….For Women
The campus rape statistics are shocking…if we are to believe the feminist press. For the purpose of this discussion let us stipulate that there is a national epidemic of rape at colleges and universities across the country, and the current legal and societal forces are incapable of stemming the tide. As far as I can…
No, They’re Not the Stupid Party.
“…You’re neither sold, nor betrayed, nor given up. Come to me with confidence.” Y’know, I have to laugh. Today, Bob Corker is lamenting the fact that the there won’t be enough votes to stop the Iran deal. Now, flash back to just before the summer when these negotiations were announced. Under Article 2 Section 2…
The silence of the sheep
So I guess there’s an imbroglio at Duke over some assigned freshman reading book. (HT to Hogewash for this craziness.) Per the account at WaPo at least one student objects to reading the graphic novel because it depicts…shall we say “scandalous images” and leave it at that. This is a fucking family blog after all. For my…
Incentives Are A Sometime Thing
How to solve San Francisco’s homeless pooping problem While Mayor Ed Lee announced this week that “the homeless must leave the street” for Super Bowl 50, it’s more what they leave behind on the street that is a concern for the million or so people who have to walk a few blocks or a few…
Dear Mr. Trump
I am an unabashed conservative; one who holds dear the Constitution as a document that has helped to create American Exceptionalism, allowed and enforced the rule of law (until recently), and most of all limited the power of government to intrude into the lives of Americans. It is broken. The 1st Amendment is under constant…
Of Mussed Hair and Legacies
You want us to attack WHO?!” Barring something completely unforeseen (otherwise known as “a miracle”) the Iran deal will most certainly be approved by Congress, as the cynic in me has always believed it to be predestined, thanks to Corker-Menendez. For Iran, this means a green light to accelerate its nuclear program (if it doesn’t already have…
Palate cleanser
Not to sweep aside the important discourse happening here, but with the outrage machine spinning up as it always does, every so often I am need a reminder there is good in the world. So here’s a picture form my daughter’s 6 month photo session. I look at these when I become world weary. Photo…
“We protect the American people against terrorists and the instruments of terror.”
“NOW we got some steenkeeng badges!!!” James O’Keefe, a real journalist in the truest sense of the word, created quite a stink when in August of 2014, to illustrate the absurdity of the administration’s claim that our southern border was secure, waded across the Rio Grande dressed up as Osama Bin Laden. Suffice it to…