A few days ago, Rod Dreher wrote a piece in The American Conservative about a 4 year old interview of Tommy Curry, a professor of philosophy at Texas A&M University. (I would like to add that, although I’m going to criticize…
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Several articles recently pointed out that the widespread view that many people who voted for Trump had “buyer remorse” wasn’t really backed up by any good evidence and could just be wishful thinking. This article in the Washington Post discusses…
I argued in another post that, despite what most American liberals believe, racism can only explain a relatively small part of the white/black gap in incarceration rates. (If you haven’t read it yet, you should probably do so before you read…
According to the Pew Research Center, relative to white men, black men are disproportionately imprisoned by a factor of almost 6.5. In my experience, American liberals believe that racism in the criminal justice system explains the bulk of that disparity or,…
Under the leadership of a superintendent who took seriously the disparate impact doctrine, which assumes that any policy that disproportionately affects some groups is thereby discriminatory, the public schools in St. Paul, Minnesota changed their disciplinary procedures so as to…
Some people have reacted to the post I published on racism in law enforcement earlier this week and the conversations I had with them have convinced me that I should write a follow-up to clarify some points. First, some took issue with…
There is apparently a university in the US which is considered a paradise for conservatives. If you ask me, this kind of bubble sounds more like a nightmare. I’m sure most liberal academics who read this will agree, but instead of making fun…
I just wanted to say a few things about this blog, beside what I already say here. Basically, if I created this blog, it’s because I wanted a place where I can share my thoughts with more people than I…
The idea that liberal elites are disconnected from reality has been a major theme of post-election reflections. Nowhere is this more obvious than in academia, where Trump’s victory resulted in completely hysterical reactions. I think that most of these reactions are not only…
I’ve been giving more thought to Trump’s executive order and I’m increasingly convinced that Bannon fucked liberals again. I don’t think everything about this was planned, and I’m sure that incompetence played a role, but I have no doubt that it was Bannon’s…