Michael Hedges says that Texas teachers ripped off Social Security. I wrote this in response. Think they’ll print it? Michael Hedges says that teachers ripped off Social Security. But what does he say about the systemic injustice that denies teachers, mostly women, who toiled for years at sub-market wages, the benefits of their SPOUSE’S Social…
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Marc is a software developer, writer, and part-time political know-it-all who currently resides in Texas in the good ol' U.S.A.
Lost Boys
Debbie Schlussel says that only 43% of college students are male these days. It’s kind of obvious why. Women are pushed to succeed–with discriminatory, sexist scholarships, affirmative action, and any number of other programs deeming them an “under-represented” minority, when with 57% of the student body, they are anything but. Then, there are the cultural…
Self Esteem: the Gift that Stunts Growth
Polimom says that she’s worried about her daughter and whether she’s been given too much self-esteem. She says: It’s not just the parents, and it’s not just schools or academics, either. If your kid has ever been on a non-scholastic youth sports team (out here in Katy, soccer comes to mind…), you’ll recognize this: Since…
Ideas
I took my wife out for dinner for her birthday and my fortune cookie said the following: Alter ideas and you alter the world How true. This isn’t a revelation – lots of people know this. Mostly the wrong ones, it seems. W looked into Vlad Putin’s soul and found a good person there but…
Abortion Wars
I’ve been contemplating the latest Time.com article titled “The Grassroots Abortion War” for a while, wondering if it was worth commenting on. I was about to let it go when I wondered on a whim what Planned Parenthood’s budget looked like in terms of government funding. This subject is probably covered extensively in conservative blogs,…
Rudy – Could He Be “The Man”?
The truth is that I don’t know much about Rudy Guilani. He’s known for being mayor of New York City and my world could hardly be more different than his. After all, there’s no comparison between the Big Apple and rural Texas. But today ‘s interview with Larry King showed me something – a man…
Rape, a New Definition
A recent Time article begins thusly: If a woman consents to having sex with a man but then during intercourse says no, and the man continues, is it rape? The answer depends on where you live. The highest courts of seven states, including Connecticut and Kansas, have ruled that a woman may withdraw her consent…
Schools’ Accountability
There’s been a vigorous debate about accountability in our schools and in it there’s almost always a tacit assumption that the physical safety of the children need not be discussed, that it’s been taken care of. However, one need not think too hard about that assumption to see that it is false, as in this…
Free Speech on Campus
Do you think America’s campuses are places where young people are encouraged to think hard thoughts and engage in challenging debates with their peers? Think again. Follow Jason Steck’s link to John Leo’s essay exposing our universities for what they are: intellectual frauds. Update, 2/9/2007 It didn’t take long to find another institution of higher…
Corruption of Elections
In the past I’ve written that the excessive influence of money in the political process is one of the biggest problems we face in America today. Recently Hillary Clinton, no stranger to the raising of money nor to the elections process, announced that she was seeking an “inner circle” of donaters who met the 1…