A Tale of Two Police Shootings

A Los Angeles police officer, earlier this year, shot and killed a 54 year-old, black, homeless and, apparently, mentally ill woman. Two officers observed Margaret Mitchell pushing a shopping cart down the street, and stopped to question her as to the ownership of the...

Replace the SAT with a Lottery?

“The Secrets of the SAT,” a PBS “Frontline” special, aired a few weeks ago. For sixty minutes, with virtually no “experts” offering opposing views, the show attacked the Scholastic Aptitude Test, required by most colleges. Opponents...

The Immorality of the “War on Drugs”

Much fuss has been made recently about George W. Bush’s alleged drug usage. Apparently fearful of a scandal, Governor Bush has dodged the issue — with disturbingly Presidential style — creating a bigger scandal. Whether he has used drugs or not, he...