Current teenage unemployment rates for April 2007:
All teenagers: 13.3%
Black teenagers: 30.6%
Male black teenagers: 34%
Female black teenagers: 27.4%
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Archive for May, 2007
May31st2007
May29th2007
Quote Of The Day
Published by in General, Hispanics (Minority Issues) and affirmative action. 3 Comments“In California, which outlawed preferences in 1996, more black and Hispanic students are enrolled in college today than ever before — and more importantly, a higher percentage of them are graduating. In 1995, only 26 percent of black and Hispanic students actually graduated from the UC system; now 51 percent graduate, roughly equal to the […]
May25th2007
Housing Projects And Their Significance To Our Education System
Published by in Education, General, Personal and Vouchers. 6 CommentsThe Los Angeles Times had a long article on the Ramona Gardens housing projects in East Los Angeles. The article writes:
…Ramona Gardens, an Eastside housing project that has seen countless confrontations between the police and its home-grown street gang, Big Hazard. The cycles of seething standoffs and bursts of violence stretch back generations and have […]
May21st2007
Why Is Income Inequality in America So Pronounced? Consider Education
Published by in Economics, General and Inequality. 2 CommentsEconomist Tyler Cowen, writting in the New York Times, gives the most prominent reason for rising inequality:
Economic Scene
Why Is Income Inequality in America So Pronounced? Consider Education
By TYLER COWEN
Published: May 17, 2007
The most commonly cited culprits for the income inequality in America — outsourcing, immigration and the gains of the super-rich — are diversions […]
May16th2007
Bernard Lewis, Professor of Near Eastern Studies at Princeton University, writes:
Was Osama Right?
Islamists always believed the U.S. was weak. Recent political trends won’t change their view.
BY BERNARD LEWIS
Wednesday, May 16, 2007 12:01 a.m. EDT
During the Cold War, two things came to be known and generally recognized in the Middle East concerning the two rival […]
May10th2007
The Los Angeles Times gives another example of the constant struggle between students and good teachers vs. the unresponsive teachers union.
Locke High seeks to leave L.A. Unified
Its teachers have signed petitions urging control be given to Green Dot charter schools. The loss would be a blow to the district and union.
Challenging the balance of […]
May9th2007
Capitalism Vs. Others - A Discussion
Published by in Capitalism, Communism, Debates, Economics, General and Personal. 16 CommentsThis post is a continuation of the discussion between me and tin that started here and continued here.
Let me start the discussion with some definitions. I define communism, or more generally collectivism, as any economic system that exhibits the following criteria,
1. Little to no property rights
2. little to no free trade
3. the means of production […]
