Are Tests Biased Against Kids Who Don’t Give a Shit?
The Onion is pure gold lately (language):
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+ But in these questions of bafflement, these nonbelievers miss something central to the fundamentalist experience. That central fact is that, from the point of view of the fundamentalist, this experience, far from being suffocating or encumbering, is a form of complete liberation. The extreme manifestations of observance eminate from a deeper, calmer place where…
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Here are my favorite economists, talking about the political scene: Walter E. Williams on Private vs. Public property x 2: Tommy Sowell on Left vs. Right: Milton Friedman on Socialism vs. Communism: Milton on “incentives for immoral behavior”: I swear to the Good Lord I could listen to Friedman talk forever. RIP. Copyrighted under Creative…
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Ross Douthat is by far the most sensible human being at the New York Times. His recent article speaks to this fact: Here are some commonplace arguments against gay marriage: Marriage is an ancient institution that has always been defined as the union of one man and one woman, and we meddle with that definition…
DetailsThe Role of Catholic Conscience
It isn’t Sunday. OOPS. But that Sunday Song is staying up there… I do have one more thing for you today, and article whose subject I have been thinking of often lately (I will post why soon, when I get a chance to sit down and write). Janet Smith, Chair of Life Ethics at Sacred…
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Cas Haley – I Wish That I…
D’Souza’s Convocation
Two days ago, I posted a link to an article announcing Dinesh D’Souza as the new president of King’s College in New York. ToTheSource read my mind, sending me his very intelligent and encompassing convocation speech: Trustees, faculty, parents and new students of the class of 2014:Welcome to the King’s College. Here at King’s we…
DetailsMen Are Just Happier Than Women
Pretty funny: Nicknames: If Laura, Kate and Sarah go out for lunch, they will call each other Laura, Kate and Sarah. If Mike , Dave and John go out, they will affectionately refer to each other as Fat Boy, Godzilla and Four-eyes. Eating out: When the bill arrives, Mike , Dave and John will each…
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I don’t know why I found this so cool:
Punishment for Escape from Jail
(the best escape I could envision) I ran across this the other day on Wikipedia, and found it fascinating: In some jurisdictions, such as most U.S. states, escape from jail or prison is a criminal offense. In Virginia, for instance, the punishment for escape depends on whether the offender escaped by using force or violence…
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