Month: September 2014

McDonnell vs. Deeds- Who Had the Family Values?

Tim Noah is so funny: Last year, prosecutors offered [ex-Virginia governor] Bob [McDonnell] a deal in which he alone would plead guilty to a single felony fraud charge, according to The Washington Post. Maureen would not be...

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Lunch Buffet

Aviva Shen at Think Progress points out that, overall, women will only benefit when the pill is made an over the counter drug if it continues to be fully covered on people’s health insurance. Otherwise, access will...

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Standardized Tests Can’t Capture Merit

Harvard psychology Professor Steven Pinker makes a number of highly contentious assertions in his big The New Republic piece on Ivy League admissions, and I am not going to try to challenge or refute any of them. All I want to...

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Managing the Jacksonian Instinct for Revenge

Peter Beinart echoes my analysis of the tough rhetoric coming out of the administration, particularly from Vice-President Joe Biden. I’m constitutionally opposed to the Hegelian fascination with building systems, so I...

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