Mexican President Felipe Calderon is doing his part in fighting teachers unions corruption:
Tens of thousands of teachers are blocking highways and seizing government buildings across Mexico to protest a federal education reform ending their longtime practice of selling their jobs or giving them to their children.
In central Morelos state, where opposition is centered, about 20,000 […]
Archive for the 'Hispanics (Minority Issues)' Category
Oct22nd2008
Fighting Corrupt Teachers Unions In Mexico
Published by in Economics, Education, Hispanics (Minority Issues), LatinAmerica and Unions. 3 CommentsOct10th2008
Another Reason To Like Wal-Mart: Weight
Published by in Economics, Hispanics (Minority Issues) and Wal-Mart. 0 CommentsA new research paper:
We estimate the impacts of Wal-Mart and warehouse club retailers on height-adjusted body weight and overweight and obesity status, finding robust evidence that non-grocery selling Wal-Marts reduce weight while grocery-selling Wal-Marts and warehouse clubs either reduce weight or have no effect. The effects appear strongest for women, minorities, urban residents, and the […]
Sep12th2008
Quote Of The Day
Published by in Chicanoism, Hispanics (Minority Issues) and ModernPolitics. 1 Comment“People should be more worried than they are by the fragmentation of states. Consider that shortly after World War II, there were around 60 states. Today, there are almost 200. A lot of this increase is due to decolonization, but in recent years, the main cause has been, essentially, ethnic separatism. Because ethnic groups are […]
Sep10th2008
Community Organization Is A Waste
Published by in Chicanoism, General and Hispanics (Minority Issues). 7 CommentsSo said Obama when he was deep in it reports the New Republic:
He told Kellman that he feared community organizing would never allow him “to make major changes in poverty or discrimination.” To do that, he said, “you either had to be an elected official or be influential with elected officials.” In other words, Obama […]
Aug29th2008
Quote Of The Day
Published by in Economics, Education, Hispanics (Minority Issues), Inequality and Poverty. 0 Comments“Fifty percent of the variance in inequality in lifetime earnings is determined by age 18. The family plays a powerful role in shaping adult outcomes that is not fully recognised by current American policies. As programs are currently configured, interventions early in the lives of disadvantaged children have substantially higher economic returns than later interventions […]
Aug26th2008
“Unless blacks and Hispanics markedly increase their secondary and tertiary graduation rates, the average educational level of the American work force will steadily decline in the coming decades as better educated whites are replaced by less well-educated blacks and Hispanics. On this trend, America will steadily lose competitiveness. America must find the means to better […]
Aug20th2008
A Cure For Real Estate Markets Downturn
Published by in Hispanics (Minority Issues) and Immigration. 3 CommentsGiven by Alan Greenspan:
“The most effective initiative, though politically difficult, would be a major expansion in quotas for skilled immigrants,” he said. The only sustainable way to increase demand for vacant houses is to spur the formation of new households. Admitting more skilled immigrants, who tend to earn enough to buy homes, would accomplish that […]
Aug6th2008
Remember Hugo Chavez?
Published by in Communism, Economics, Hispanics (Minority Issues) and LatinAmerica. 9 CommentsWondering what he has been up to? The New York Times keeps us informed:
President Hugo Chávez is using his decree powers to enact a set of socialist-inspired measures that seem based on a package of constitutional changes that voters rejected last year. His actions open a new stage of confrontation between his government and […]
Jul22nd2008
In Praise Of Personal Interest
Published by in Chicanoism, General, Hispanics (Minority Issues) and Personal. 7 CommentsOne of the many things I dislike about Chicano Studies as a major is its over emphasis on “nonprofit activism” vs “personal interest”. In the status circles of Chicano Studies students, you are admired more for your desire to ‘build a community outreach center for disadvantaged children’ than for say, getting an engineering degree and […]
Jul18th2008
Glenn Beck of CNN reports:
So, what is the uniform of choice when fooling terrorists in Colombia? …
That’s right, the same T-shirts you see Hollywood celebrities, starving pseudo-artists and confused hipster teens wearing around local coffee shops. To all those who decide that you want to be coffee house communist-chic, remember this: When you are wearing […]
Jun27th2008
The More The Better
Published by in Hispanics (Minority Issues), Immigration and ModernPolitics. 1 CommentGeorge Will makes the case for immigration we can all agree on:
Two-thirds of doctoral candidates in science and engineering in U.S. universities are foreign-born. But only 140,000 employment-based green cards are available annually, and 1 million educated professionals are waiting — often five or more years — for cards. Congress could quickly add a zero […]
Apr30th2008
The Argument Against Regulations
Published by in Economics, Hispanics (Minority Issues), Myths, Personal and Poverty. 0 CommentsBacon-wrapped hot dogs are common in downtown Los Angeles and especially in Mexican border cities. Tijuana, for example, has a vendor at almost every corner. Well now, apparently, Los Angeles is trying to ban the cart sale of these very delicious bacon-wrapped hot dogs.
As a huge fan of bacon-wrapped hot dogs (I’ve eaten more […]
Apr29th2008
Quote Of The Day
Published by in Economics, FreeTrade, General, Hispanics (Minority Issues) and LatinAmerica. 2 Comments“Free trade with Colombia can’t have anything to do with loss of US jobs: Colombia’s exports already enter the US duty-free. Rather, the Free Trade Agreement would reduce remaining Colombian barriers to imports from the US….It is hard to escape the conclusion that the only reason Congressmen are opposing the Colombian […]
Apr22nd2008
“After adjusting for multiple sources of bias and differences in sample construction, we establish that (1) the U.S. high school graduation rate peaked at around 80 percent in the late 1960s and then declined by 4-5 percentage points; (2) the actual high school graduation rate is substantially lower than the 88 percent estimate of the […]
Apr18th2008
Milton Friedman On Race, Poverty And Government
Published by in Capitalism, Chicanoism, Discrimination, Economics, Education, General, Hispanics (Minority Issues), Minimum Wage, ModernPolitics, Myths, Poverty, Vouchers and affirmative action. 2 CommentsYou need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video
From an old speech but just as relevant today as it was then.
Apr8th2008
Krugman On Immigration
Published by in (modern day) Liberalism, General, Hispanics (Minority Issues) and Immigration. 0 CommentsCATO’s Will Wilkinson, in discussing Paul Krugman’s recent book, writes:
In Krugman’s view, if the working class contains many members without the franchise, it is itself disenfranchised. So it is that Krugman pretty nearly celebrates one of the most shameful chapters in 20th century American politics: the progressive (read: “racist”) imposition of strict immigration controls to […]
