Focus on the young, not the mind-numbed zombies. In George Orwell's immortal dystopia Animal Farm, the ruling pigs distilled the revolutionary ideology for the stupider animals, such as the sheep, hens and ducks, to a simplistic but highly useful slogan, "Four legs good, two legs bad". Not only did it explain to the dumb masses the ... MOREVictor Volsky: Obeying The Dog Whistle
Focus on the young, not the mind-numbed zombies. In George Orwell's immortal dystopia Animal Farm, the ruling pigs distilled the revolutionary ideology for the stupider animals, such as the sheep, hens and ducks, to a simplistic but highly useful slogan, "Four legs good, two legs bad". Not only did it explain to the dumb masses the ... MOREShould White NFL Owners Shackle Black Language?
New rule targets black players. The NFL is expected to consider a new rule
that would see players receive a 15-yard penalty if they use the N-word
on the field. Michael Wilbon, an opponent of the potential rule, used
the word on live television Monday to make his point. Wilbon, co-host of ESPN’s Pardon The Interruption, argues that although it ... MOREThomas Sowell: The 'Fairness' Fraud
It seems as if, everywhere you turn these days, there are studies claiming to show that America has lost its upward mobility for people born in the lower socioeconomic levels. But there is a sharp difference between upward "mobility," defined as an ... MORE
Russian Drugs Boss Rules Out Marijuana Legalization
Still going through the "gateway-drug" phase. The head of Russia’s Federal Drug Control Service has called marijuana a dangerous gateway drug and said the authorities did not plan to legalize it, or to allow methadone treatment for heroin addicts. “Marijuana users have a 50 or 60 times higher risk of switching to heroin. There is one step ... MORE
Walter E Williams: Solutions To Black Education
Declining standards in public education. A fortnight ago, my column focused on how Philadelphia's schoolteachers have joined public-school teachers in cities such as Atlanta, Detroit, Los Angeles, Columbus, New York and Washington in changing student scores on academic achievement tests. Teachers have held grade fixing parties, ... MOREJaana Woiceshyn: Envy Vs. Achievement
A battle of political philosophy. Envy is one of the most useless of feelings, both in our private and business lives. Yet many people experience it, at least from time to time. They envy their neighbor’s fancy car and exotic vacations, or wealth in general. They envy their friends’ educational achievements or the praise they receive ... MORE
Sabotaging The Ladder Of Economic Opportunity
by Daniel J. Mitchell. Minimum wage, maximum folly. If I banged my head against the wall every time politicians advocated
bad policy in Washington – which is a tempting impulse, I would have
been institutionalized because of brain damage a long time ago. But it’s difficult to maintain my self control when I think about minimum ... MOREJim Daniels: Do You Live In A No Drone Zone?
Some states are resisting the surveillance state. This week Washington and Wisconsin were added to the list of states
that ban the use of drones for government surveillance. It’s shocking to
think that in just two short years, the U.S. is opening the friendly
skies to commercial drones so they can get your Amazon prime delivery, burritos ... MOREFree Speech Threatens Liberalism And Must Be Destroyed
by Robby Soave. Harvard student proposes war on liberty. If this Harvard University student got her way, free speech on campus would be abolished and professors with dissenting views fired, because radical leftism is the only permissible political philosophy and the First Amendment is a barrier preventing modern colleges from ... MOREFCC Backpedals On Newsroom-Monitoring Scheme
by Jordan Sekulow and Matthew Clark. A First Amendment victory over an intrusive federal government
doesn’t come along every day, but thanks to a deafening outcry from the
American people, the Obama administration has just backed down from an unconstitutional plan to put monitors in newsrooms in a dramatic fashion. Recently, ... MORE
S. Fred Singer: Climate Consensus Con Game
Science is not a product of consensus. Or fashionable thinking. At the outset, let's be quite clear: There is no consensus about dangerous anthropogenic global warming (DAGW) -- and there never was. There is not even a consensus on whether human activities, such as burning fossil fuels to produce useful energy, affect global climate ... MORE
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