[NOTE: I actually wrote the draft of this post a couple of days ago, before the news that forms the subject matter of this came out. But it has interesting resonances with it.] An absurd question, you might say. And … Continue reading →
…for his gay marriage stand. As he of course knew they would. It’s interesting, though, what some of the interviewees in the article said. They seem to think he’s just being pragmatic now in his support of gay marriage: i.e. … Continue reading →
The autopsy report found that the shot that killed Trayon Martin was fired from what’s called an “intermediate” distance. That actually means: In intermediate-range wounds, the muzzle is held away from the skin but close enough that it still produces … Continue reading →
…some new evidence emerges. It’s not determinative, but it certainly tends to buttress Zimmerman’s claims.
Continue reading →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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
…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 →
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 →