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On the racial disparity in incarceration rates

  • Posted on March 2, 2017April 23, 2019
  • by Philippe Lemoine

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,…

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More on the smear campaign against Sessions

  • Posted on February 10, 2017April 23, 2019
  • by Philippe Lemoine

Several people have pointed out about my post from yesterday that, beside the accusations that were made against Sessions during his confirmation hearing in 1986 and used again to disqualify him this year, there were many other reasons to oppose him.…

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  • Politics

The shameful character assassination of Jeff Sessions

  • Posted on February 9, 2017April 23, 2019
  • by Philippe Lemoine

Jeff Sessions was finally confirmed by the Senate, after the Democrats made a spectacle of themselves again. I don’t agree with everything he says, but I’m sure he will be a great Attorney General, not least because he will actually enforce immigration…

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  • Sociology

A follow-up on my post about racism in law enforcement

  • Posted on February 8, 2017April 23, 2019
  • by Philippe Lemoine

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…

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  • Sociology

On a fallacy that people often commit to accuse the police of racism

  • Posted on February 6, 2017April 23, 2019
  • by Philippe Lemoine

After the death of Laquan McDonald (which for what it’s worth strikes me as being murder pure and simple, but this has no bearing on what I’m going to be talking about), the Mayor of Chicago created a task force, with the…

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On the claim that Trump’s election unleashed a wave of hate crimes

  • Posted on February 1, 2017April 23, 2019
  • by Philippe Lemoine

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…

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