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Montclair State University is requiring that all full-time undergraduates carry a school-issued mobile for their own safety.

4th December 2007

Read it. And if you believe that one, they’ll tell you another one. Guess the concept of “in loco parentis” has been replaced by the concept “under constant surveillance”. Hope they feel better.

As it stands, the university has yet to see the Rave Guardian technology used in situations other than false alarms, but a 32-member police force is kept on staff in case any future calls prove legitimate.

Well, that’s a relief….

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Russians voted away their freedoms, and Venezuelans almost did. Why?

4th December 2007

Read it.

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In Pa., Scouts Refuse to Lift Ban

3rd December 2007

Read it.

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Historic Churches Suffering as Value Of Lead Skyrockets

3rd December 2007

Read it.

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Death claims singular them

2nd December 2007

And there you have it.

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Canadian Islamic Congress Sues to Silence Mark Steyn

1st December 2007

Read it. Guess he cut a little too close to home.

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None of The Below

1st December 2007

George Will says it best.

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Estimate of AIDS Cases In U.S. Rises

1st December 2007

Read it. Their funding must be up for renewal. These “estimates” would be more impressive if they ever turned out to be even halfway close to the truth.

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Fred’s Folly

30th November 2007

Read it. She’s got a point.

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Harvard Hacks

28th November 2007

Steve Sailer points out the a lot of “big name authors” don’t actually write their own stuff. Of course, that’s been the cornerstone of academic writing from time out of mind. But it doesn’t hurt to remind people of it now and again.

That also applies to politicians who put out books when they’re running for President. In fact, I wouldn’t be surprised to find out that some bottom-tier candidates run for President merely to increase the sales of their books, which otherwise would probably sink without a trace. Just monetizing the name, that’s all; if a football player can do it, why not a Congressman?

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Will the secular left soon attack the religious right for being pro-science?

28th November 2007

Read it. Why, they would never do that, surely?

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English-Only Showdown

28th November 2007

Read it. Of course, it’s all about power and money. Any Democrat will sell our culture down the river in order to get more of either.

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Back on the Streets

27th November 2007

Read it.

The study is interesting reading if only to remind oneself how crime is concentrated among a small minority of repeat offenders.

Can’t have profiling, though; that would be wrong.

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Four Killed In Protests Over Bolivian Constitution

27th November 2007

Read it. Well, that’s what happens as socialists consolidate power. Better get used to it.

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‘Give One Get One’ Is a Hit, So OLPC Wants To Kill It

27th November 2007

Read it. A very good illustration of the idiotarian nature of most do-gooders: They’d rather fail than succeed in a way that contradicts their a-priori political and economic beliefs.

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The Lowdown on Doomsday

27th November 2007

Read it. The Sky Is Falling! Not convinced? Join the crowd.

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Follow the Fundamentals

27th November 2007

Read it. “Lou Dobbs is winning.”? What a bizarre thought.

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Maid Without Tears (1978)

26th November 2007

Read it. I graduated from college in 1978; I could have used one of these.

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Maglev wind turbines 1000x more efficient than normal windmills

26th November 2007

Read it. So naturally they won’t be used. In fact, they’ll be banned by legislation on some specious excuse. Mark my words.

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Why don’t American kids respect their parents more?

26th November 2007

Read it. Because too many parents don’t beat their kids when they do bad things. Kids who are beaten when they do bad things cease to do bad things, and eventually develop a habit of not doing bad things. From the habit of not doing bad things grows responsible citizenship.

Pain is nature’s way of saying “Stop doing that.” Those who waste such a gift deserve the results.

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Fixing Social Security The FDR Way

26th November 2007

Read it. The problem with Social Security is that it’s a defined-benefit, rather than a defined-contribution, plan. If you don’t know what that means, we discourage you from voting, because you’re too ignorant to be trusted with the franchise.

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Saudi Arabia Biggest Source Of Foreign Fighters In Iraq

23rd November 2007

Read it. Saudi Arabia is exporting their jihadi problem to Iraq just as Mexico is exporting its poverty problem to the United States. In both cases America is left paying the tab. And people wonder why I’m so grumpy.

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Israel’s High-Tech Attack on Syria

23rd November 2007

Read it. Wonder what would happen if Israel ever decided to quit doing the heavy lifting for the free world?

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Three Words For the Next President

22nd November 2007

Read it. Actually, the three words I have for the next President are Cut Government Spending. But I suspect that, whoever he may be, the next President is more likely to listen to David Broder than to me.

And that tells you pretty much all you need to know about American politics.

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McCain-Feingold’s Wealth of Hypocrisy

22nd November 2007

Read it. John McCain has a lot to answer for.

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Former Iraq Commander Backs Democrats on Pullout

22nd November 2007

Read it. Perhaps that’s why we were losing when he was in charge. Ya think?

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Canada Sets Aside Vast Northern Wilderness

22nd November 2007

Read it. Mainly because nobody wants it.

I love that conceit, “sets aside”. From what? Are there developers just chomping at the bit to build condos there?

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Amazon Patents Net Present Value-Based Delivery Dates

22nd November 2007

Read it. Apparently Amazon delivery dates are set based on how much they expect to make from you in the future. I thought that Congress had developed this over a century ago.

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Telecommuters Are Happier And Less Stressed, So AT&T Sends Them Back To Their Cubicles

21st November 2007

Read it. I told my wife that AT&T was run by Stalinists, and she didn’t believe it. This is the proof I need.

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National Labor Ruination Board

21st November 2007

Read it. Sometimes the system works to make things better, even when it’s designed to make things work.

That’s not on his copy, of course.

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I Like Ike

20th November 2007

Read it. Me, too, although I would still prefer Taft.

He is not known for any significant legislation, any major treaties, or for starting any wars.

Not quite in Calvin Coolidge’s class, but up there.

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Global Warming, Inc.

20th November 2007

Read it. Think it’s about saving the planet? Nope, it’s about raking in the bucks.

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Academic Corruption Index?

20th November 2007

Read it. Oh, this could be really fun.

Some academic disciplines are more bogus than others: Women’s Studies is not Mathematics. But as far as I know, no one has tried to quantified these differences.

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British Police Dhimmitude Revealed

19th November 2007

Read it. I’m SO glad I don’t live in Britain.

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Moronic Convergence in Olympia

19th November 2007

Read it. Of course, if they’d tried this during World War I, or even World War II, they’d be behind barbed wire.

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Talking Back to Prozac

19th November 2007

Read it. A depressing prospect for an ambitious sheep.

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Philadelphia Gives Boy Scouts Ultimatum

19th November 2007

Read it. I guess homosexuals are more important than Boy Scouts. Who knew?

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Mexicans Ask Where Flood Aid Went

19th November 2007

Read it. Where do you think?

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The latest thing in political felonies: a petition drive.

19th November 2007

Read it. John McCain has a lot to answer for.

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Mi Casa, Sue Casa

19th November 2007

Read it.

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The Seven Wonders of the Totalitarian World

18th November 2007

Read it. Look on their works, ye mighty, and guffaw.

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Farm Bill At Standstill After Vote

17th November 2007

Read it. A sorry turn of affairs when we have to depend on Democrat incompetence in order to get any good news at all.

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Cambridge Cracks Down on Pro-War Boy Scouts

16th November 2007

Read it.

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Why are so many people leaving the UK?

16th November 2007

Read it. A British MP tells it like it is.

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Some Colleges Charge No Tuition

16th November 2007

Read it. Cooper Union has an endowment of $600 million, and charges no tuition. Harvard has an endowment of tens of billions, and charges about what a machinist makes in a year. You do the math.

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Diversity dystopia

15th November 2007

Steve Sailer has got the goods.

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Judging fairly how well states are doing at educating their children

15th November 2007

Steve Sailer tries to sort the grain from the chaff. It isn’t easy.

The facts are obvious, boring, and depressing, so people make up silliness to have something to say.

Don’t they always.

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1968: The Long Goodbye

15th November 2007

Read it. I don’t remember it as being all that exceptional; we were waiting for the nuclear war to start.

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Iranian Policy Questioned at Alexandria Town Meeting

14th November 2007

Read it. “Iranian Policy” of course doesn’t mean “the policy followed by Iranians” but rather “American policy toward Iran”. Foreigners don’t have “policy”, you know; that’s George W Bush, and It’s All Bad.

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The Insanity of Bush Hatred

14th November 2007

Read it. Hating Bush is like fearing Canada: prima facie evidence of psychosis.

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