We’re interested here in why people believe this female Ford’s charges against male SCOTUS nominee Kavanaugh. Many progressives say Ford’s evidence, even at this late date (I’m editing this on the morning […]
The Limitations And Usefulness Of IQ
That Smarts Everybody knows that some people are smarter than others, and that some are teachable and some not. Well, some people do deny these facts, believing that if everybody started from […]
Music, God’s Gift to Man–and to Robots? — Guest Post by Bob Kurland
Editor’s note: The original post can be seen at Kurland’s place. A few days ago my wife pointed out a news item announcing a robot that (or who?) can compose a symphony, […]
Why Is Economics Plagued By Math?
The answer is easy: because math is numbers and numbers are measurement and measurements are necessary to make a subject “scientific” in the modern sense of that word. Why should economics be […]
Discrimination Is Everywhere!
A seventy-year-old man auditions to play the lead in Model Detective, a film about a Victoria’s Secret swimsuit model who solves beach crime, and he is turned down because he is a […]
Statistics Good, Bad & Ugly
In an attempt to catch up on my 300-some emails (yes, the total has grown considerably; probably because of recent publicity), here are some articles sent in by readers that bear attention. […]
Bad Arguments Against The Death Penalty: Update
Big news is that both lefty and righty Catholic news sources banded together last week to issue an editorial “Capital Punishment Must End“. The subject is enormous; there is no hope of […]
Do You Believe In Global Warming Because Of The Seriousness Of The Charges?
An activist tells you, “Based on my theory of rampant, out-of-control global warming, otters, driven mad by the heat, will take to the streets and destroy mankind, just like apes do in […]
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