There is a good article in the Detroit Free Press discussing the problems with Detroits public education. Main points follow,
The issue isn’t money. The district is spending more than $13,000 per pupil this year — a large sum even for a big district.
Despite the schools’ dream-crushing performance, the big question before voters in November […]
Archive for July, 2004
Jul30th2004
Jul30th2004
The Wall Street Journal has a good article dealing with the complete disconnect between more money for education and the performance of education. Here are some interesting facts,
…whatever the problem with education, it’s not caused by any unwillingness to throw more money at it. Between 1997 and 2002, state and local governments increased K-12 […]
Jul30th2004
I have received several responses in regards to my post below dealing with Abortion. The responses common theme is that conservatives are “hypocrites” and have a “backwards view of reality” because of their anti-abortion, and at the same time pro-Capital Punishment views. How could conservatives be for life with regard to abortion, but against life […]
Jul29th2004
I am getting this information from a fellow Hispanic’s blog.
Another example of how inefficient communism/socialism is when it comes to Economics.
Government dumps mangoes into the river rather than let the farmers sell it .
On the positive side, it looks as though more and more people are starting to speak out against Castro, and […]
Jul28th2004
“Life begins at conception”.
So says Presidential Candidate John Kerry. Yet Kerry continues to support the most ardent pro-abortion legislation. He voted against a law that would make it a federal crime to abort a child in the second and third trimesters, the partial birth abortion ban. The ban itself is named after how the […]
Jul28th2004
Union Leader On School Vouchers.
Published by in (modern day) Liberalism, Education, General and Vouchers. 2 CommentsLinda Chavez has an interesting article detailing some of the comments Andrew Stern, the president of the largest union in the AFL-CIO, himself a huge Democrat supporter, made with regard to the Democratic party, here are some quotes I found most interesting,
“We[Democrat party] can’t talk about education. . . We can’t discuss when it is […]
Jul27th2004
The Democrat National Convention is currently going on in Boston. We’ve all seen the list of speakers, from Bill Clinton to Al Sharpton. But there is one person that isn’t going to be a speaker at this year’s Democrat Convention: Senator Zell Miller from Georgia. That wouldn’t be very important if it was just any […]
Jul25th2004
I just finished reading through a three part series named Pilgrim’s Egress, which is an unfolding of some of the events in Duke University’s Political Science Professor, Michael Munger’s, life.
Throughout this account, Professor Munger sheds light on the liberal mindset and some of its psychological makeup. This is important coming from Professor Munger, because […]
Jul24th2004
Kerry Has Strong Advantage Among Latino Voters
Published by in Books, General and Hispanics (Minority Issues). 52 CommentsThe Washington Post has an article claiming Latino voters are overwhelmingly in Kerry’s camp.
This is really troubling and, I must admit, very hard for me to understand. Why do my fellow Hispanics overwhelmingly(2/3) support a liberal candidate over a conservative candidate? Maybe it’s time for me to lay down my beliefs, and open up […]
Jul23rd2004
Why do some countries feast, while others live with famine?
Published by in Capitalism, Communism, Economics, Europe and General. 1 CommentThere’s a good article in the Economist explaining exactly why,
Economic freedom, argues the report, does much to foster the investment poor countries urgently need if they are to grow. James Gwartney and Robert Lawson, its authors, have found that the freest 20% of countries invest around $11,000 per worker, more than 12 times the figure […]
Jul23rd2004
The Wall Street Journal has an interesting take on what the conclusion of the 9/11 commision was,
So the doctrine of pre-emption has its uses, after all. In a world of conflicting intelligence, uncertain consequences and potential foreign opposition, it is still sometimes necessary for America to attack an adversary before it attacks us.
We refer readers […]
Jul23rd2004
The grand fallacy: Part II
Published by in (modern day) Liberalism, Economics and General. 0 CommentsThomas Sowell continues his discussion from earlier on the grand fallacy. He defines the grand fallacy as,
Too many people in the media, in academia, and even in courts of law, act as if numbers plus a preconception equals proof. The preconception is that various groups — by race, sex, or whatever — would be evenly […]
Jul23rd2004
Charles Krauthammer has an interesting article on the dilema Iran poses and how it differs from Iraq.
Like it or not, Iran is a problem that we are going to have to deal with one way or the other.
Jul22nd2004
Exactly as I predicted, Democrats blocked the other three Judicial Nominees today,
U.S. Senate Democrats blocked three more of President Bush’s judicial nominees Thursday, raising to 10 the number they have stopped in a battle sure to extend until at least November elections.
The Constitutionality of this was brought up again,
The U.S. Constitution says the Senate […]
Jul22nd2004
Thomas Sowell has an article on the possible cause for what some people see as sex discrimination, which is related to the Wal Mart Lawsuit, he writes,
The grand fallacy of our times is that various groups would be equally represented in institutions and occupations if it were not for discrimination.
Jul22nd2004
Ralph Nader Fans? Not Economists!
Published by in (modern day) Liberalism, Economics, FreeTrade and General. 1 CommentThomas Sowell has a piece on the editorial of the Wall Street Journal completely bashing Ralph Nader as being completely out of the mainstream with regard to Economics, the article states,
Some years ago, the distinguished international-trade economist Jagdish Bhagwati was visiting Cornell University, giving a lecture to graduate students during the day and debating Ralph […]
