Archive for September, 2007

Sep28th2007

Who Says That Racism Doesn’t Exist?

Certainly not anybody that I know:
I hear plenty of people saying that racism doesn’t exist, that some pretend racism doesn’t exist. But the people who say that the most often are the people who say there are others saying that racism doesn’t exist. Is there anyone serious who actually says that racism doesn’t exist?
The issue […]

Sep27th2007

Quote Of The Day

“Members of the UAW want job guarantees because outside a GM plant their skills will never, ever return anything close to what they make inside one. According to the Freep, wages and benefits for the average UAW worker run about $73. At a standard 40-hour workweek, that’s the equivalent of a roughly $100,000 a […]

Sep26th2007

Why GM Will Ultimately Fail

Because of stuff like this:

However, 4,000-5,000 temporary workers at GM would be hired in as full-time workers and paid at the full, tier-one wage-and-compensation rate that is estimated at $70-$75 an hour once wages, benefits and pensions are included. To make room for new hires, GM would again offer substantial early-retirement buyouts for workers.
Getting these […]

Sep18th2007

ABC’s 20/20 Special On Health Care

For those of you that missed it, ABC’s 20/20 did a special on health care and addressed many of the biased claims in Michael Moore’s Sicko movie. If you missed the show not to worry, youtube has it all recorded in a six part series. Be sure not to miss this. Click below.
Part 1
Part 2
Part […]

Sep17th2007

Minorities Spending Habits

Kerwin Kofi Charles, Erik Hurst, and Nikolai Roussanov have a new research paper on minority spending. The abstract states:
Using nationally representative data on consumption, we show that Blacks and Hispanics devote larger shares of their expenditure bundles to visible goods (clothing, jewelry, and cars) than do comparable Whites. We demonstrate that these differences exist […]

Sep14th2007

The Real Cuba

An excerpt from ABC’s 20/20 interview with Michael Moore:
Go here for the video.

Sep14th2007

The Other Side To Michael Moore’s Sicko

For those of you interested in the health care debate and those of you who watched Michael Moore’s sicko I strongly encourage you to watch ABC’s 20/20 special later today. It directly addresses the health care issue and gives the other side to many of Michael Moore’s claims.
See here for more details.

Sep13th2007

Charter Schools Are Making Progress In LA

Joanne Jacobs reports that Locke High school in Los Angeles, one of the worst high schools in the country, will be broken into 10 small Green Dot charter schools. More on the great news here.
Important points of note:
Board chair Monica Garcia later pointed out that LA Unified spends $7.7 billion a year and graduates only […]

Sep13th2007

Immigrants Attraction To The United States

Historian Victor Davis Hanson makes an interesting comment:
One final thought here. Why would deported illegal alien and activist Elvira Arellano, who according to the LA Times, “symbolized inhumane treatment of migrants to some,” wish to return to the US?
News reports suggested she does in petitioning the Mexican government for a diplomatic visa. Surely she might […]

Sep12th2007

Quote Of The Day

“ A recent study showed the median income of major corporate CEOs to be about $8 million a year. That’s less than a third of what Alex Rodriguez earns and less than one-thirtieth of what Oprah Winfrey makes. But no one is denouncing them for “greed.” –Thomas Sowell