So, I’m generally happy to see this Heritage report on the composition of the military, which—contra most draft boosters—finds that recruits don’t tend to come from poorer or lowers class backgrounds in some massively disproportionate way. But I found it a little puzzling that The Corner‘s K-Lo chose to quote the following excerpt from a […]

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In an article over at TechCentralStation, University of Arizona philosophy prof Uriah Kriegel attempts to tackle what he regards as the puzzle of why African American gains in recent decades haven’t been as great in academia in other arenas. But the way the question is framed, I’m not even sure about the premise, really. The […]

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Pandagon, Feministe, and Feministing have all written on a new line of line of Abercrombie and Fitch shirts for women bearing slogans that… well, let’s just say I don’t expect to see Gloria Steinem rocking any of these in the near future. They range from merely snotty to fairly offensive, with some depending a good […]

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