The Detroit Free Press writes,
A majority of the Detroit City Council wants to implement an economic development plan it commissioned for $112,000 that preaches racial isolation and rails against immigration in its bid to gain economic success for poor blacks.
The crux of the plan is the creation of a business district — dubbed African Town […]
Archive for September, 2004
Sep30th2004
Detroit And Racial Separation
Published by in (modern day) Liberalism, General, Hispanics (Minority Issues) and Immigration. 1 CommentSep30th2004
So good that it beats all rivals combined.
This lends credence to the argument that Fox News is not a right wing news, since it gets the vast majority of viewers, showing that it is in sync with the population at large. The reason Fox News seems on the right side of the spectrum, is […]
Sep29th2004
From an MIT study that researched the benefit of vouchers in Columbia,
Angrist et al. estimate that attending private school increased the probability of finishing eighth grade by 13-15 percentage points or 25 percent. Test scores increased by .29 standard deviations which is equivalent to about an extra year’s worth of schooling which has been […]
Sep29th2004
The Cuban Economy
Published by in (modern day) Liberalism, Economics, General and LatinAmerica. 2 CommentsI blogged yesterday about how Che brought economic ruin to Cuba by bringing in communism. But just how bad did the Cuban economy suffer? Here is a good overview,
Before Castro, Cuba was as rich as Italy, and richer than Spain. Cuba has not merely lagged behind, it has actually grown poorer, and is now more […]
Sep29th2004
Democrats continue to promote the myth of black voter suppression in the 2000 Florida election.
Sep28th2004
Whats The Deal With Che Guevara?
Published by in (modern day) Liberalism, General and Hispanics (Minority Issues). 10 CommentsWhy do so many of my Hispanic brothers and sisters look up to him? I’ve often found this very puzzling. I can understand the admiration for the fact that Che had balls. He knew what he believed in and wasn’t afraid to fight for it. But his positives stop there. That one positive pales […]
Sep28th2004
Another Reason Why I Can’t Support A Liberal On Foreign Policy
Published by in (modern day) Liberalism, Foreign Policy and General. 0 CommentsChristopher Hitchens, writing in Slate Magazine, gives more reasons why liberals are not to be trusted on something so important as foreign policy.
Sep28th2004
Dozens of former criminal justice officials and political leaders sent a letter to Congress supporting the USA Patriot Act. They claim that it has significantly helped in the fight against terrorism.
I am not sure about the Patriot Act. I have heard good arguments for and against it. It’s good to hear that it […]
Sep27th2004
According to Marginal Revolution, Norwegians, with 52% of their population. The United States is fifth, and Mexico is last.
Sep27th2004
The History Of Judical Restraint By Congress
Published by in General and Judicial Nominees. 0 CommentsFormer speaker of the House, Newt Gingrich, has a great article defending congress decision to strip the courts of the power to remove ‘under God’ from the Pledge of Allegiance.
Sep27th2004
Free Market: For Or Against Immigrants
Published by in Economics, General and Hispanics (Minority Issues). 0 CommentsSome seem to think it is against, but not those that know about the principle of comparative advantage.
Sep24th2004
Poverty In A Capitalist Country
Published by in Capitalism, Economics, General and Poverty. 1 CommentA couple days ago I commented on how the middle class is doing in America. But how are the poor in America doing? Robert Rector, writing for the Heritage Foundation, talks about this.
The following are facts taken from various government reports about persons/people defined as “poor” by the Census Bureau:
Forty-six percent of all […]
Sep23rd2004
I’ve commented before on this blog on my belief that most (all?) criticism against Fox News misses its mark. Well apparently, David Langworthy, writing in the Houston Chronicle, agrees. He writes,
A while ago on these pages, we carried an opinion piece (”Where is media swarm looking into Dem 527 groups,” Outlook, Sept. 2) by […]
Sep23rd2004
I mentioned a couple days ago on this blog how the ‘Middle Class Squeeze’ results in a push to the upper class, not the lower class, like everybody assumes.
Well I guess Slate Magazine has been reading my blog , because they picked up on the same topic.
Sep23rd2004
Ms. Gorin, a contributing editor of JewishWorldReview.com, seems to think so.
Sep23rd2004
The Wall Street Journal spells it out.
