My friend David Broussard just posted a lengthy discussion on the subject on which I left a comment. My main point: The issue ultimately comes down to exactly this point: should the government continue to encourage, to the extent that it has done so – a rather dubious claim in its own right – traditional…
Category: Society
Right To Die?
I’ve been mostly posting personal notes and whatnot lately because it’s easier (!) and probably more interesting to my few readers. But a good thing happened today and though it’s undoubtedly all over the news, I thought I’d discuss the Supreme Court’s ruling on assisted suicide. The question that big-government advocates like to ask is…
Agriculture: Good or Bad?
This is an interesting re-print of a nearly 20 year old opinion piece printed in Discover. I’m curious as to other opinions about it. The concept that social parasites, all too common in modern-day America, originated with agricultural society caught my attention because it has the ring of truth about it. This is not to…
Students’ Esteem Empty
Marlene Zuk wrote a great article about students and self-esteem that’s right on the money. Here it is in all its glory (I want to make sure it lives on here even if nowhere else – it’s that good): ”IS this one right?” The student points to a line on a test paper and peers…
Denver Poh-lice Do Ebonics
Police in Denver are getting it from minorities for transcribing interviews with too great an ear for what was actually said. Word, if’n ya don’t wanna sound lik a moron, don’t be talkin’ like one…
Who Decides When It’s Time to ‘Go’?
Florida Republicans, apparently. This is a terrible decision on the part of Jeb Bush. Republicans are supposed to be the party of less government, less interference in people’s lives, less of everything ridiculous. If only that were true! The Florida legislature had no business interferring in this matter. If any arm of the government needed…
Black Achievement Levels
William Raspberry must have bit his tongue to make as much sense as this.
Anniversary
Who in my generation will forget 9/11/2001??? I was talking to some of the managers at work who compared it to the JFK assassination in their youth. One difference is that the JFK murder has never been publicly brought to justice. Bin Laden has not, as yet, but at least we know who we’re after.
Drivel…
Ana Veciana-Suarez’s column on child-care research is just that. There’s so little that is sensible about this article that it’s hard to identify a point to pick on, but I’ll try. “Yet, as a society we’ve failed miserably in keeping up with the times and providing better options for families, particularly those who can’t afford…
RE: Religious diversity for all
In regards to Ahmed Hussain’s letter to the Chronicle, let us quote from the documents that define the United States. First, from the Declaration of Independence: “When in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the…