In the matter of Zimmerman and Martin…
…some new evidence emerges. It’s not determinative, but it certainly tends to buttress Zimmerman’s claims.
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Stop and frisk, race, and crime
Has New York’s stop and frisk law really reduced crime? After all, remember that correlation is not causation. And are black men unfairly targeted by it, or is the proportion just about right considering the demographics of crime? And speaking … Continue reading →
Obama, the post-racial president
Again with the race card: He said this in 2008. He’s saying it again: “When your name is Barack Obama, it’s [an election] is always tight.” So that’s the reason he thinks it’ll be tight? Because the public is bigoted … Continue reading →
Elizabeth Warren, academia, and affirmative action
I can’t get quite as worked up about the Elizabeth Warren Cherokee flap as so many others have. That’s because I decided long ago (even before my political “change”) that however well-intentioned affirmative action may have originally been, it’s a … Continue reading →
“I was just helping a person who was in need”
The quote in the title of this piece is from Bobby Green, one of four black people who were heroes in the LA riots of twenty years ago. But there’s no “just” about it; the acts were rays of hope … Continue reading →
Obama the foreigner
The Obama-the-dogeater flap has highlighted the perception that Obama is, in some very basic way, foreign. That meme reached its highest level among birthers, who believe he is not even a natural born citizen. But the general idea that Obama’s … Continue reading →
Alan Dershowitz and the Zimmerman prosecutor
Noted liberal law professor and pundit Alan Dershowitz has not taken up the PC line in the Zimmerman case. Au contraire. Something about prosecutor Angela Corey’s behavior has really gotten his goat, as was evident in this video. Now Dershowitz … Continue reading →
To a man with a hammer…
…everything looks like a nail. To the race-obsessed, everything looks like racism. Or, even if it doesn’t, they’ll pretend it does. But that’s gotten very, very old. I got curious about the origins of the hammer/nail phrase, and I discovered … Continue reading →
Remember the Boston busing crisis?
Or do you just think you do? Reading about the recent John Derbyshire flap started a train of thought for me that led to memories of the Boston school busing crisis of the 70s. I started to research the subject, … Continue reading →
“There is nothing in this affadavit…
…that suggests a crime.” Shocking. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
Continue reading →George Zimmerman…
…has been arrested and charged with 2nd degree murder. You may have noticed that so far I have refrained from drawing any conclusions about Zimmerman’s guilt or innocence, because we just don’t know enough about the facts of the case. … Continue reading →
NBC and the Zimmerman tape
A few days ago, NBC apologized for its truncated edit of the Zimmerman tape—inadequately and with weasel words: During our investigation it became evident that there was an error made in the production process that we deeply regret. We will … Continue reading →