As someone who both grew up in Compton and attends UCSD, I feel compelled to comment on the recent race relation issues UCSD is having. As most of you have probably already heard, the whole thing started when UCSD students, outside the campus, had a “Compton Cookout”, where participants were to wear “chains, rapper-style urban […]
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Mar3rd2010
The Effort To Keep Ethnic Studies Professors Employed
Published by in DayToDay, General and Personal. 1 CommentFeb1st2010
Obama, during the State Of The Union address, said:
“With all due deference to separation of powers, last week the Supreme Court reversed a century of law that I believe will open the floodgates for special interests –- including foreign corporations –- to spend without limit in our elections. (Applause.) I don’t think American elections should […]
Jan29th2010
Obama gave a speech and responded to questions at the House Republican retreat in Baltimore. See the full video on C-Span here. The transcript can be found here.
I disagree with Obama on many things. Alot of which he discussed in this video. But it is clear from the dialogue that Obama has a far better […]
Jan7th2010
More On Majors And Why Chicano Studies Is Garbage
Published by in Chicanoism, General, Hispanics (Minority Issues) and Personal. 15 CommentsA frequent topic of discussion in my family is what university, what major and the return to investment my sister should pursue after finishing high school. My dad is a man of modest means and is the only bread winner in a family of five - 3 children of which, have yet to pursue a […]
Oct30th2009
Is Racism Still Important?
Published by in (modern day) Liberalism, General, Hispanics (Minority Issues) and ModernPolitics. 2 CommentsA continued theme on Matthew Yglesias blog is that conservatives in general are more concerned with anti-racism than racism, this is how he explains it:
“…most conservatives, think that the preeminent racial problem in the United States is that white people are too put upon by political correctness. Conservatives are very very very concerned about this […]
Aug20th2009
The first national LATISM Heritage Tour will kick off in Houston, Texas on September 24, 2009. The tour, which coincides with Hispanic Heritage Month, will bring together the greatest minds in social media today with stops in New York, Houston and Orlando.
In recognition of the growing buying power and increased market […]
Aug19th2009
For repudiating stupid people like this:
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People like this make me sick.
Jul27th2009
Limited Governments Best Friend: The CBO
Published by in (modern day) Liberalism, Economics, Fiscal Stimulus, General, HealthCare, ModernPolitics and Personal. 2 CommentsRemember the Democrats claim that by empowering a new panel (the Independent Medicare Advisory Council) to recommend future spending reductions we could save several billions of dollars in healthcare costs? If this was before the creation of the CBO (1974, according to Wiki), such claims would be nearly impossible to disprove. Democrats could get away […]
Jul16th2009
Vargas Testimony In The Sotomayor Hearings
Published by in General, Hispanics (Minority Issues), ModernPolitics and affirmative action. 2 CommentsI haven’t seen this discussed much in the blogosphere so I thought I would provide it here:
ACTING CHAIRMAN: Mr. Ricci, thank you very much for your testimony. We’ll now hear from Lieutenant Ben Vargas. Ben — Benjamin Vargas is a lieutenant in the New Haven Fire Department and was a plaintiff in the case of […]
Jun5th2009
The Clinton Years vs The Bush Years - A Pet Peeve I have
Published by in (modern day) Liberalism, Economics, General, ModernPolitics, Myths and Personal. 5 CommentsCasey B. Mulligan, professor of economics at the University of Chicago, made a comment that he should know is disingenuous, he wrote:
the “big spending Democrat” stereotype is incorrect — government spending / GDP fell under Clinton and increased under Bush.
This comparison, used to argue that when it comes to spending there is no difference between […]
May26th2009
The Cultural Argument Against Gay Marriage
Published by in Gay Marriage, General and Personal. 12 CommentsOf all the arguments against gay marriage, the religious liberties argument, the reductio absurdum argument, the better safe than sorry argument, and others, the one people have the most difficulty understanding, atleast from my experience in discussing it, is the cultural argument against gay marriage, yet it is one of the ones I find most […]
May6th2009
Newsweek makes much of the fact that President Obama invited two vocal critics of his administration over to dinner, Paul Krugman and Joe Stiglitz. Newsweek writes:
Mindful of his predecessor, Barack Obama seems to be trying harder to make sure he hears all sides. On the night of April 27, for instance, the president invited to […]
Apr28th2009
Is Government Spending As Good As Anybody Else’s?
Published by in Economics, Fiscal Stimulus and General. 0 CommentsSpecifically, at creating employment? Many liberal economists, including UC Berkeley’s Brad DeLong, say yes. For the counter argument, see this post by Mario Rizzo, professor of economics at NYU.
He writes:
So when DeLong, among others, says that government spending is as good as private in restoring employment, he is speaking against the whole thrust of the […]
Apr24th2009
…even though I disagree with some of what he writes.
Read this post, where Steve Sailer, in a Talking Points Memo discussion of Andrew Gelman’s political book, “Red State, Blue State”, explains why the once Republican California has become a solid Democratic voting state while the once moderate Texas has become a solid Republican voting state. […]
Apr10th2009
This Ted talk video by Mike Rowe, the host of “Dirty Jobs,” is both educational and entertaining. It gives a side of work that is often ignored in todays society.
A must watch video.
