But this farming town of 1,500 wants its criminal element to stick around. Town leaders say they don’t know what they will do without the free or ultra-cheap labor the jailbirds provide. “Oh my goodness, gracious, they are such an asset — they are our public-works department,” said Ms. Hall. Last year, Charleston’s prisoners did [...]
Posts from ‘January, 2009’
Not everyone feels accepted and represented — so dumb it down!
Exhibits in the progress of hilariously unsubtle yet completely ignored decline: Learning to write in script is a time-honored tradition. But in today’s time-starved classrooms, some around the country are questioning whether, given everything else vying for space in the curriculum and the increasing use of technology, teaching these children cursive is even necessary. Local [...]
Diversity: possibly poisonous
Multi-ethnic societies have always faced a high risk of dissension and civil war, and few such societies have been fully successful. Yet since the 18th century the United States has impressed foreign observers with its ability to unite and integrate people from diverse and even mutually hostile backgrounds (e.g., Crevecoeur, 1782/1997; de Tocqueville, 1835/1945). { [...]
Narcissism is surrender
“What does a woman want?” A host of controversial theories about the nature of female desire are offered up — most notably, that it is “rudderless,” “receptive,” “narcissistic” and “dominated by the yearnings of ‘self-love.’” Most interesting is a study of men’s and women’s responses to various genres of pornography, including “heterosexual sex, male and [...]
How many people attended inauguration?
Congress took up the issue in 1997 and actually prohibited the Park Service from conducting crowd estimates. So this year, because Tuesday’s “events were historic in nature to our nation,” Line said, his agency would use the figure ascertained by someone else. That reported figure, Line said, came from the Washington Post, which reported on [...]
Is liberalism passive aggression?
Asked how he could reconcile a strict ban on lobbyists in his administration with a deputy defense secretary nominee who lobbied for Raytheon, Obama interrupted with a knowing smile on his face. “Ahh, see,” he said, “I came down here to visit. See this is what happens. I can’t end up visiting with you guys [...]
Nebraska does away with affirmative action, more states to follow
A Nebraska judge on Thursday rejected a lawsuit that challenged the petition that led to a statewide ban on affirmative action. Voters approved the initiative in November, after opponents of the effort filed the lawsuit in Lancaster County District Court. The constitutional amendment never uses the words “affirmative action.” But it prohibits state and local [...]
The end of modern society
Here’s what I think the truth is: We are all addicts of fossil fuels in a state of denial, about to face cold turkey. And like so many addicts about to face cold turkey, our leaders are now committing violent crimes to get what little is left of what we’re hooked on. ITT The industrial [...]
Why racial separatist movements will eventually triumph
I pledge allegiance to my Black People.I pledge to develop my mind and body to the greatest extent possible.I will learn all that I can in order to give my best to my People in their struggle for liberation.I will keep myself physically fit, building a strong body free from drugs and other substances which [...]
Now that Obama is president, some people don’t believe they should pay their bills.
One of my wife’s friends told her on Tuesday that someone she knew had been renting a house to a single African-American woman for several years. The lady had apparently never missed a payment or even been late with one. But, for some strange reason, immediately after Barack Obama was elected to office last November, [...]
