If you reward a behavior you get more of it. When you stop rewarding it, you get less. That’s not as absolute a law as that of gravity, but it’s the way it usually goes, and the phenomenon of the … Continue reading →
Today is a big law news day. Not only do we have the Goodson acquittal, but we have two important SCOTUS rulings. One involves race-conscious admissions policies in colleges. The case dealt with the University of Texas, and this was … Continue reading →
…that there are too many refugees in Europe: “When we look into the face of every single refugee, especially the children and women, we can feel their suffering,” said the Tibetan spiritual leader, who has himself lived in exile for … Continue reading →
“Schengen” is the elimination of traditional border-crossing rules in Europe, a development that has been hailed and welcomed for years but which is increasingly threatened by Europe’s Muslim refugee crisis. If you’re interested (and I certainly am) in the topic, … Continue reading →
Reading SCOTUS tea leaves is a difficult but nearly irresistible temptation. This time the case is a big one (and Justice Scalia will be sorely missed by the right, as he has been several times since his death): whether President … Continue reading →
What’s wrong with Trump’s plan to make Mexico pay for the wall? Just about everything. Here are a few excerpts, but I suggest you read the whole thing: Trump first brays that he “will build the wall” (which, incidentally, would … Continue reading →
Donald Trump made a big announcement today about his plan to force Mexico to pay for the wall. You can see several articles about it, plus links to all sorts of commentary on it, here. It’s a mouthful. But the … Continue reading →
[NOTE: Part I can be found here.] I ended Part I with the idea that I would write a Part II that offered some suggestions on how to deal with the problem posed by moderate Muslims vs. jihadis. It’s not … Continue reading →
This is of interest: The troubles for Molenbeek began under the administration of district’s socialist mayor Philippe Moureaux, who ruled from 1992 till 2012. Under his reign the law and order collapsed, and businesses fled the district unable to cope … Continue reading →
Like “Islamophobia,” the word “xenophobia” is a way to pathologize a logical reaction to a phenomenon and give it a label that makes it appear to be irrational and emotion-based. This whole really loooong article manages to do it in … Continue reading →
Since this is from Vox, take it with a grain of salt and ignore the message about the “xenophobia” of the right. It nevertheless says something I’ve noticed, which is that candidates of the so-called “right” or even so-called “far … Continue reading →
Many things happened during last night’s GOP debate. The level of debate discourse (can I use highfalutin words like “discourse” without being called a snobbishly out-of-touch member of the “elites”?) has fallen even further and we are now reduced to … Continue reading →