FiveThirtyEight…
…evaluates Democratic strategy for the 2018 midterms.
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Some students seem to want rigor and the classics in the humanities
As this article relates [hat tip: Powerline]: …[U]ndergraduates…vote with their feet. If an English department’s chairman tells the dean, “We’ve got to hire someone in this new area of ____,” the dean replies, “But you can’t even get your existing … Continue reading →
That magnetic pole reversal: what’s the cause?
A great many people know that earth has a North and South pole, and that the poles are not just geographic but magnetic as well. Fewer (but probably still a great many) are aware that the geographic and magnetic poles … Continue reading →
Happy Easter!
[NOTE: This is a repost from Easters past. But it still works for me.] Happy Easter to all my celebratory Christian readers, and to all those who just enjoy the holiday as well! One year when my son was little, … Continue reading →
Anti-Semitism on the rise in Germany
Muslim anti-Semitism, that is. And it even is occurring at the kindergarten level. I wonder: How many Jews are there in Germany these days? This 15-year-old article (2003) reports that, back then, there were about 150,000, most of them emigrants … Continue reading →
On blacks, whites, income, and families
Recently there was a lot of talk about a study comparing the incomes in adulthood of black men and women to their white counterparts who grew up in similar economic circumstances. Here were the basic findings: …[B]lack boys are much … Continue reading →
Loyola! Final Four! Porter Moser! Cornhead!
Cornhead? Yes, commenter Cornhead has written his recollections of Porter Moser—the Loyola basketball coach who’s led the team to their surprising and exciting showing in the NCAA Tournament, reaching the Final Four. Cornhead has been a Creighton fan for over … Continue reading →
Computers and smartphones are messing with our memories
In particular, they are making it less likely we will pay close attention in the first place. Huh? What’s that you said? Simply put, it’s the idea that we’re literally outsourcing our mental capabilities to computers. In 2011, the journal … Continue reading →
Good Friday and the first night of Passover
Together again.
Continue reading →Dershowitz isn’t letting up on his criticism of the special counsel approach
I happen to agree with Dershowitz on this: “I think the investigation should end and I think the Congress should appoint a special non-partisan commission,” said Dershowitz. He said he thinks a Congressional committee would be too partisan. “That’s the … Continue reading →
The battle for life in the NICU
As a person who had some trouble with infertility when I was trying to conceive, I found this story very touching.
Continue reading →“Crazed girls flood Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz with fan mail”
Not my headline; theirs. It’s a common phenomenon, although to the “non-crazed” among us (that would be most of us), it seems like a bad choice and a bad bet: Mass murderer Nikolas Cruz is getting stacks of fan mail … Continue reading →