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FiveThirtyEight Weighs In With Some Odd Affirmative Action Statistics

FiveThirtyEight ran the piece "Here's What Happens When You Ban Affirmative Action In College Admissions" that ran some dicey stats. Affirmative Action is, as all know, the practice of rewarding…

Culture Philosophy

I Self-Identify As The Yak King

Person I know was attending recently a mandatory training session at a well known university. Session was led by trainers not themselves employees of the university, folks who self-identified as…

Culture Statistics

Odds That a Panel Would ‘Randomly’ Be All Men?

There are no such thing as the "odds" a panel would be "randomly" all men. Yet The Atlantic thinks there could be, and so does a fellow named Greg Martin,…

Culture

Stream: Climate Circus, Climate Clowns at #COP21

Update Tell me: are we getting sick of discussing this topic, or what? It seems that, as is sane and rational, most of us would rather move on to something…

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Memo to GOP Presidential Hopefuls (Who Aren’t Named Trump). Guest Post by The BB

Mr Editor says: note the name of the author. Dear GOP Presidential Hopeful, You are probably wondering why your campaign isn't turning out as well as you expected. Up to…

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Stream—This Week In Doom: Women In Combat Edition

Today's post is at The Stream: "Women In All Combat Roles Necessarily Means a Weaker Military." Reality suffered another defeat Thursday, routed by the forces of Political Correctness. The army…

Culture

The Real Reason For The Paris Global Warming Talks #COP21

Today's post is again at The Stream: The Real Reason For The Paris Global Warming Talks #COP21.. Many are asking, "Why are they holding this global warming conference now, after…

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Stream: Most Idiotic Aspects of the Paris Global Warming Conference

We're already sick to death of global warming. If it were up to me, I'd never write about it again. There are far more interesting subjects. But, our dear leaders…

Robert on The Sad End Of RadioJuly 12, 2025
Not only has AM radio declined, shortwave radio has too. Both were great as methods for receiving information using very…
Neil Upton on Don’t Lose Sleep Over Research On “Climate Change” & Sleep ApneaJuly 10, 2025
some time ago it was said that to ensure a research grant the proposal should make reference to global boiling.…
Uncle Mike on Don’t Lose Sleep Over Research On “Climate Change” & Sleep ApneaJuly 9, 2025
The Climate Catastrophe paradigm is dead. RIP. The old adherents are howling at the moon, but Science has moved on.…
Cloudbuster on Don’t Lose Sleep Over Research On “Climate Change” & Sleep ApneaJuly 9, 2025
"New York and Ohio, which are cool" Please explain to my sweat glands how Ohio is cool so I shouldn't…
Cary Cotterman on What’s Wrong With The Golf Course Parkinson’s StudyJuly 8, 2025
There is a significant correlation between golf and the wearing of ugly pants.