The New York City schools were among the best in the country in those days, better than they had been for the European immigrants before me and much better than they would be for the mass influx of blacks from the South after me.
CULTURE
A Legacy of Cliches
Discussions of racial problems almost invariably bring out the cliche of “a legacy of slavery.”
Heroes, Villains
Weirdly, few monuments honor these life-saving scientists. Instead, politicians celebrate politicians.
Hard Goals: The Science of Extraordinary Achievement
There are, however, many mistakes you can make in goal-setting that will delay and hinder you and make your goals harder to achieve. This book points out these pitfalls and how to avoid them.
The Pope Adopts The Religion of Environmentalism
What does it tell you about environmentalism that it needs the Pope to prop up its campaign against capitalism and human achievement on earth?
Culture and Social Pathology
If it were only the economic decline threatening our future, there might be hope. It’s the moral decline that spells our doom.
“Micro-Aggression” As An Excuse for Micro-Totalitarianism
Word games are just one of the ways of silencing politically incorrect ideas, instead of debating them.
Movies: Tomorrowland Lacks Imagination
“Walt Disney loved showing how stuff works. No one in this movie plausibly would have the curiosity for new knowledge and reverence for the manmade to look twice at a futurist attraction at Tomorrowland, except possibly Laurie’s villainous character.”
Improving Black Education
According to the National Assessment of Educational Progress, sometimes called the Nation’s Report Card, nationally, most black 12th-graders’ test scores are either basic or below basic in reading, writing, math and science.
Why Are U.S. Schools Mediocre? Ask the Kids
If you want schools to do better, get the government the hell out of schooling. But that’s only a start. Next, put the task of reason and intelligence into education itself — with the central and overriding goal of education being a well-trained mind.
Liberty & Property
The distinctive principle of Western social philosophy is individualism.
Pragmatism Is An Impractical Philosophy for Business
Pragmatism is widely considered a virtue in business, but it is in fact a perilous approach, antithetical to long-term profitability.
Don’t Go To College!
College has become a scam thanks to government intervention in the education marketplace.
Multiculturalism and the Welfare State vs. Economic Mobility
In utter disregard to facts, so-called “social scientists” do studies which conclude that America is no longer a land of opportunity, and that upward mobility is a “myth.”
Liberals Respect Me
Liberals unintentionally treat me like a white person.
A “Free” Education For You, Forcibly Paid For By Someone Else
Government force does not lead to high quality education. It leads to expensive and mediocre education.
Reason as an Absolute: The Answer To Islamic ‘Extremists’
Reason is the only antidote to militant, faith-based force.
Top 25 Hedge Fund Managers Earn More Than All Kindergarten Teachers
Why do most people criminalize wealth creation while others cheer and appreciate it?
Obama’s Phobia of Ayn Rand
Capitalism is practical because it respects the sovereignty and efficacy of man’s mind and body.
Odds and Ends: Crime, Diversity and Sex Equality
The last thing academic diversity means is diversity in thought.
Who Is Afraid of Individual Rights?
Why conservatives are either averse to individual rights—with the exception of property rights—or do not see them as important.
Bosch Fawstin vs. Facebook and The Religion of “Peace”
The politically correct establishment, including those who run companies like Facebook, unfortunately have seen fit to shut down Fawstin’s Facebook account.
Assault on Free Speech in Texas
Freedom of speech is the fight of the 21st century.
It Takes a Village … to Arrest Parents for No Reason
By what standard of rationality or fairness do we look at society as a “village” where some members may impose their will on other members regarding matters of raising children?
Is America a Christian nation?
Religion has no place in government.
A Beautiful Epitaph
While reading “The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge” by David McCullough, I came across a passage referring to the death of Emily Roebling, the wife of Washington Roebling, that I found particularly poignant.
Freedom Of and From Religion
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion.”
Reality May Be Optional
One of the wonders of modern times is that reality is often seen as a social construct and therefore optional. Thus, if one finds a particular reality offensive or inconvenient, he just “changes” it.
The Sound of Music (1965)
Director Robert Wise’s The Sound of Music for 20th Century Fox is an opulent and lavish production. The 1965 movie musical, written by Ernest Lehman, is melodic and cinematic. At the start of its nearly three hours, with sweeping aerial photography in famous...
The Virtue of Justice: Judging Others and Self
Despite the teachings of conventional morality, judging others is a virtue from the perspective of rational egoism.
A Right to Discriminate
Why must you be religious to practice what you believe? This should be about individual freedom.
Movie Review: Malcolm X
The words “…by any means necessary,” conclude Spike Lee’s racist propaganda piece, Malcolm X. This phrase asserting that the ends justify the means, a rationalization for tyranny throughout history, is the movie’s theme. Lee capably gives...
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