Source: Why Iowa’s graduation rate is so much higher than California’s For the second time in as many days the LA Times has distinguished itself yet again, for some values of distinction, with this piece from the Ministry of Truth. Since it represents the confluence of the problem with the media with that of California’s…
On White House science day, Obama displays his geek-in-chief side
Sorry for the long radio silence, but life has intervened, necessitating expenditures of time and attention that precluded posting recently. But my wife drew my attention to this article, which punched through the intellectual and temporal carapace surrounding me right now, and which demanded address as one of the more egregious media tongue baths I’ve…
Shocking News: Carbon Dioxide Is Good For Plants!
In a startling development, scientists have discovered that plants use CO2, and that as concentrations of this gas increase, plants use more of it and actually thrive. While more study is obviously needed, an increase in the amount of plant material, such as human food, as a result of increased levels of CO2 might have…
Sex Reassignment Good: Gender Therapy Bad?
Please, someone explain why these things are different. Actually, gender therapy is essentially talk therapy aimed at pushing gay teenagers toward heterosexuality. Sex reassignment is horribly mutilating surgery and drug therapy aimed at changing something that is immutable: phenotype, which is simply put, the physical expression of one’s genetic makeup. So they are different. One…
Does Campaign Finance Regulation Contribute To Political Dysfunction?
Stephen Bainbridge is a bright guy (with an unfortunately warped taste in wine. Too much Cabernet!). So I was puzzled when he wrote, seemingly approvingly “that campaign finance reforms have contributed in a huge way to political dysfunction by weakening political parties:” He links to an article in The Washington Post by a law professor…
Quick Thoughts On Last Night’s Democrat Debate
So, for those of you who aren’t masochistic, you may have skipped the debate last night. Good for you. No seriously. You’re better than I am, and I envy you. For my part I’m only self loathing enough to watch 1 hour of it before going to bed. The internet will be full of hot…
This is (sadly) Not the Onion
So I guess that to protest campus carry some idiot launched a “cocks not glocks” campaign at UT Austin. This is the progressive left in a nutshell (or a nut.) They see themselves as the intellectual (hah!) heirs to Foucault, who, as a professor mine once said can be summed up in one word “transgress!”…
Campus Rape? No…Campus Obstruction Of Justice
In an earlier life, I was a cog in a very large American corporation. As many of you know, much management time is spent in training sessions that address a multitude of potential risks for the company…very few more dangerous than sexual harassment. One point was hammered into us over and over….Once a charge of…
Che Guevara: Hero Of The Left, And Mass Murderer
Over at Ace of Spades, there was a sidebar piece mocking Time’s tongue bath of a psychopathic murderer. Maybe one day Guevara will be recognized for what he was, rather than what the Left so earnestly desires, a charismatic, handsome (I guess) revolutionary leader. The reality is somewhat different. Che was a cold-blooded killer who…
Dear Republican Leadership: Shutting Down The Government Is A Good Thing
In October 2013, A Republican congress chose not to fund government operations and the administration was forced to shut down portions of the federal government, including purposefully chosen departments like the National Park Service. The Democrats won the sound-bite battle, with lots of silly audio of people complaining they couldn’t vacation, and embarrassing video of…