National Review columnist John Derbyshire has a new book out titled We are Doomed: Reclaiming Conservative Pessimism, which contains a section titled “The Case Against Female Suffrage.” Derbyshire’s main argument against female suffrage is that its bad for conservatives because single women want the government to take care of them and so they vote Democratic, [...]
Entries Tagged as 'racism'
Turning Back the Clock
October 1st, 2009 · 2 Comments · AR, Politics
Tags: civil rights·conservative logic·feminism·National Review·racism·white men·women's suffrage
Turns Out, Local Police Sure Like Trying To Deport People
September 28th, 2009 · No Comments · AS, Immigration, Law and Justice, Uncategorized
A new study by the Warren Institute just came out this month analyzing some extremely rare arrest data from Irving, Texas. The ACLU of Texas managed, by some wild miracle, to get arrest records for a 23-month period during which Irving started participating in the Criminal Alien Program (“CAP”). (Get it? ICE CAP? I know, [...]
Tags: ACLU·ACLU of Texas·CAP·ICE·Immigration·Irving Texas·local immigration enforcement·racial profiling·racism·Texas·Warren Institute
Taking the Fun Out of Bruno
July 13th, 2009 · 1 Comment · AR, Arts and Entertainment, Politics
First, I want to be clear that I laughed often and loudly at Bruno, and highly recommend seeing it. I am, however, troubled by the broader implications and share Emily’s fear that the movie “may push certain audiences to continue to believe that homophobic beliefs and behavior are acceptable.” As I’ve read assorted commentary on [...]
Tags: A.O. Scott·Bruno·Chris Rock·Emily Posts·gay rights·racism·Ron Paul·Shavlik Randolph·Slate
New Haven’s Firefighter Test (Imagined)
June 30th, 2009 · 3 Comments · AS, Arts and Entertainment, Supreme Court
Was I the only one disappointed to discover the Ricci opinion doesn’t include any of the actual promotion test questions that managed to weed out almost all minority candidates from possible promotion to fire lieutenant and captain positions in New Haven? It came out in oral argument that one question asked firefighters whether fire equipment [...]
Tags: Bruce Springsteen·firefighters·New Haven·racism·Ricci·Supreme Court·white men·yachts
Nwt Gngrch :)
June 10th, 2009 · No Comments · AS, Politics, Technology
I genuinely enjoy me some Twitter, but I can not think of anything more boring and useless than following a politician 140 characters at a time. I figure if a politician does something interesting, I’ll hear about it elsewhere. And I don’t need to get indoctrinated with some political message written in all lowercase and [...]
Tags: conservative logic·conservatives·Newt Gingrich·racism·Sotomayor·Twitter·white men
Case Closed
June 4th, 2009 · No Comments · AR, Politics, Supreme Court
As conservatives continue to debate whether Sotomayor is a racist, it’s worth pausing to consider the comment causing all the controversy: “I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn’t lived that life.” Last November, [...]