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Analysis and Commentary

Obama and American Muslims: How Different?

by Daniel Pipesvia Corner (National Review Online)
Monday, April 19, 2010

Yes, Obama is bending over backwards to win Muslim opinion. But Bush did the same. In each of their cases, of course, one can find inconsistencies and exceptions, but the overall Bush record showed great concern for Muslim opinion...

Analysis and Commentary

Civil Rights...and Wrongs

by Peter M. Robinsonvia Corner (National Review Online)
Thursday, April 15, 2010

Today on Uncommon Knowledge, part four of a 1998 interview with Christopher Hitchens and Bill Buckley. The topic of the day – the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Analysis and Commentary

Multicultural Dogma Fetters Advancement

by Thomas Sowellvia Investor's Business Daily
Monday, April 12, 2010

One of the most ominous developments of our time has been the multicultural dogma that all cultures are equal.

Analysis and Commentary

Viewpoints: Whitman takes gender-neutral approach

by Bill Whalenvia Sacramento Bee
Sunday, April 11, 2010

If elected this fall, the former eBay chairwoman would be the first business magnate in 150 years and the days of Leland Stanford – with all due apologies to Arnold Schwarzenegger, whose celebrity stems more from filmdom than finance – to occupy the first floor of the State Capitol.

Analysis and Commentary

“Nagging Housework,” Part II

by Alvin Rabushkavia Thoughtful Ideas
Thursday, April 8, 2010

Yesterday’s post reported the research of Londa Schiebinger that women academics and professionals did twice the housework of men, ten hours vs. five a week, which put women scientists’ career advancement at a disadvantage.

Analysis and Commentary

Compared to What?

by Thomas Sowellvia National Review
Wednesday, April 7, 2010

No dogma has caused more mischief — and, in some countries, tragedies — than the notion that there is something strange and wrong when some groups are “over-represented” or “under-represented” in some occupations or institutions.

In the News

Some black conservatives question tea party’s inclusiveness

with Thomas Sowellvia Washington Post
Wednesday, April 7, 2010

A year ago Brandon Brice was one of the primary speakers at the tax day "tea party" rally in New York. The 27-year-old African American, who calls himself a hip-hop Republican, felt at home with the fairly diverse crowd of protesters, shouting into the microphone…

Analysis and Commentary

McDonnell's rebel yell?

by Robert Zelnickvia Arena (Politico)
Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Is the Virginia governor's Confederate History Month proclamation appropriate?

Analysis and Commentary

Race and Politics

by Thomas Sowellvia Creators Syndicate
Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Few combinations are more poisonous than race and politics. That combination has torn whole nations apart and led to the slaughters of millions in countries around the world.

Analysis and Commentary

Some Thoughts on Inequality

by Alvin Rabushkavia Thoughtful Ideas
Saturday, April 3, 2010

Academic interest in feminist studies has grown at an exponential rate, from a handful of centers and university departments to more than a thousand over the past fifty years…. A new field of study is developing around the theme of inequality and its relationship to minorities, poverty, school dropouts, family instability, and so forth.

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