A response to "Liberal Creationism." - By Stephen Metcalf - Slate Magazine
Remember the link I posted a little while ago about the IQ differences in races? It being due to genetic factors? Here's another guy who says that's highly questionable. I'm a little more inclined to believe him. I want to believe that "all men are created equal", at least in general, and not just spiritually. I want to live in a world of equals, not castes. But I also want to know the truth. I hope more research is done on this issue...if it really were to turn out that certain groups have higher or lower intelligence, that'd have huge implications...most of them bad.
China expresses "grave concern" that USS Kitty Hawk passed Taiwan on way back to Japan - International Herald Tribune
You might have heard of this whole mess. Now the Chinese are saying they're unhappy that the ships may have gone through the Taiwan strait after being turned away from Hong Kong.
I'm at least a little surprised at their astounding blindness as to the importance of public opinion - people in this country already dislike them quite a bit, and this is going to make their paranoia and hatred much worse.
But, I'd believe that we probably did go through that strait on the way home. After all, since Taiwan is our ally, why not swing by? heheh. Not like we were going through a sovereign state's internal territory.
Krugman: The making of a mess - International Herald Tribune
This writer is of the opinion that we're headed for a huge financial mess - not only because of all the things you already know about, but because the people who created our modern financial system don't actually understand it. It's gotten too byzantine for anyone to predict or navigate.
Brazilians giving up their American dream - International Herald Tribune
Thanks to the idiocy of our current immigration policy, as well as the impossibility of even becoming a legal citizen for many legal immigrants (thank you, again, bureaucrats), many of the hundreds of thousands (or millions, no one knows) of Brazilians who came here are now leaving. It just isn't worth it anymore. I expect more groups will follow, and we will be worse for it.
Also, you've almost certainly seen it by now, but I've been meaning to post that Mike Huckaby/Chuck Norris ad. I was surprised it was made.
It's funny...but I don't know how you'd follow up on that. It seems like the sort of thing that, should he win, will come back to bite him in the ass. I mean, we both know the whole immigration mess isn't going to get fixed, probably ever.
Remember the link I posted a little while ago about the IQ differences in races? It being due to genetic factors? Here's another guy who says that's highly questionable. I'm a little more inclined to believe him. I want to believe that "all men are created equal", at least in general, and not just spiritually. I want to live in a world of equals, not castes. But I also want to know the truth. I hope more research is done on this issue...if it really were to turn out that certain groups have higher or lower intelligence, that'd have huge implications...most of them bad.
China expresses "grave concern" that USS Kitty Hawk passed Taiwan on way back to Japan - International Herald Tribune
You might have heard of this whole mess. Now the Chinese are saying they're unhappy that the ships may have gone through the Taiwan strait after being turned away from Hong Kong.
I'm at least a little surprised at their astounding blindness as to the importance of public opinion - people in this country already dislike them quite a bit, and this is going to make their paranoia and hatred much worse.
But, I'd believe that we probably did go through that strait on the way home. After all, since Taiwan is our ally, why not swing by? heheh. Not like we were going through a sovereign state's internal territory.
Krugman: The making of a mess - International Herald Tribune
This writer is of the opinion that we're headed for a huge financial mess - not only because of all the things you already know about, but because the people who created our modern financial system don't actually understand it. It's gotten too byzantine for anyone to predict or navigate.
Brazilians giving up their American dream - International Herald Tribune
Thanks to the idiocy of our current immigration policy, as well as the impossibility of even becoming a legal citizen for many legal immigrants (thank you, again, bureaucrats), many of the hundreds of thousands (or millions, no one knows) of Brazilians who came here are now leaving. It just isn't worth it anymore. I expect more groups will follow, and we will be worse for it.
Also, you've almost certainly seen it by now, but I've been meaning to post that Mike Huckaby/Chuck Norris ad. I was surprised it was made.
It's funny...but I don't know how you'd follow up on that. It seems like the sort of thing that, should he win, will come back to bite him in the ass. I mean, we both know the whole immigration mess isn't going to get fixed, probably ever.
Powered by ScribeFire.
