“The defeatism of Washington think tanks and newspaper editorials misses a simple point: the only displays of political prudence and democratic courage since the Americans rolled into Iraq in 2003 have been by the much despised Iraqis, not their supposedly all-seeing imperial benefactors. Since we lack the grace to admit that Iraqis have often shown […]
Archive for January, 2005
Jan31st2005
Chile And Privatized Social Security
Published by in Economics, General, Hispanics (Minority Issues), LatinAmerica and SocialSecurity. 0 CommentsDon Luskin gives the other side.
Jan31st2005
Picture Of The Day
Published by in (modern day) Liberalism, Abortion, Economics, General and SocialSecurity. 0 CommentsJan28th2005
Will post when I get back…have a great weekend everybody.
Jan28th2005
“Oh, how the press wants to write a story about Republicans knifing their own president [over Social Security]… My alternative theory gets its first test as congressional Republicans begin their annual bicameral retreat at the Greenbrier Hotel in White Sulfur Springs, W.Va. today. And several knowledgeable sources say the White House has an impressive arsenal […]
Jan27th2005
…changing the world one parent at a time.
A great article on the wonderful work CREO is doing:
“If we improve the educational options for Latino children, we improve the whole world,” said Robert Aguirre, chairman of Hispanic CREO, the Hispanic Council for Reform and Educational Options.
Launched in October 2003 at the National Press Club, Hispanic CREO […]
Jan27th2005
Ruben Navarrette Moving To San Diego
Published by in General and Hispanics (Minority Issues). 2 CommentsRuben Navarrette writes:
I don’t like comfortable. So now I’m headed home. I’m leaving The Dallas Morning News and the state of Texas, and I’m heading back to California to accept a job as an editorial writer and columnist with The San Diego Union-Tribune. I’ll still write my twice-a-week nationally syndicated column, but I’ll do it […]
Jan27th2005
Privatized Social Security And Minorities
Published by in Economics, General, Hispanics (Minority Issues) and SocialSecurity. 6 CommentsStefani D. Carter writes in USA Today:
Even worse, the program, as it stands, is an inefficient way to save for retirement: It has a decreasing rate of return. And many workers, like my uncle, don’t get back what they paid in. Minorities get the least because they generally have a lower average life expectancy than […]
Jan27th2005
“To Iraqis, the elections are no longer theoretical. With voting less than a week away, there is electricity in the air. Pundits and politicians can discuss whether the elections should go forward, but for most Iraqis, such debates are moot. Democracy may be a process, but it is one in which Iraqis are ready to […]
Jan26th2005
Aztec, Mayan Brutality
Published by in (modern day) Liberalism, General and Hispanics (Minority Issues). 38 CommentsIt is a fact of history that the Spanish conquerors were the most brutal ‘colonizers’ in history. What they did to the Aztecs and Mayans is utterly unforgivable. Yet, what has always been a contentious part, is whether the Aztec and Mayan practice of human sacrifice was as widespread and horrifying as the Spanish conquerors […]
Jan26th2005
Michael Munger, Chair of the Political Science department at Duke University, gives an excellent primer on regulations, including their limits and dangers. He writes:
Regulation often makes the problem of market failure worse, because regulated markets always, by design, transmit biased or noisy price signals. Robbed of the organizing principle of accurate prices directing resource allocation, […]
Jan26th2005
“In 2004, Mr. Bush received 9 percent more of the Hispanic vote than in 2000. In 2005, we will recruit Latino doctors, accountants and teachers who are tired of frivolous lawsuits who will help us push for lawsuit reform and then join the party of Lincoln. In 2004, Mr. Bush received 530,000 more black […]
Jan25th2005
I am somewhat torn on the topic of the flat tax. On the one hand, I’m more inclined to support some sort of progressive tax since it is a fact that those who have more benefit more from the services taxes pay for. For example, a person living in Beverly Hills that owns a 2 […]
Jan25th2005
Maybe not the ‘key’, but religious people are happier.
Jan25th2005
“Some Democrats think that only Dean could slow the party’s probable slide from a Northeastern liberal presidential nominee in 2004 to one in 2008 with even less appeal in red states: Hillary Clinton. Dean may be the only chairman with enough political stature and fermenting personality to prevent Bill Clinton’s restless energies from influencing every […]
Jan24th2005
Surprise! Surprise! Economic principles seem to be universal, even Britain experiences the same problems in education.
The Adam Smith Institute writes:
Now the Commons Education and Skills Select Committee has said there is no evidence to support the claim that more money in education equals better results. The Labour-dominated committee says bluntly that the Government is wrong […]
