Monthly Archives: April 2012

Miscellany, April 5

Posted on April 5, 2012 by Walter Olson

More from Bradlaugh on his health issues [NRO, earlier] Saudi Arabia: “Defense Lawyer Objects to Testimony of Genie Expert” [Lowering the Bar] Monkeys taught by scientists to use money; gambling and prostitution soon appear [ZME Science] Adam Smith prefigures Charles … Continue reading →

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The lack of opportunity defense

Posted on April 4, 2012 by Heather Mac Donald

At a panel last night on the ACLU, I mentioned that the organization’s standard method for accusing the police of racial profiling–comparing police stop rates to racial population ratios–ignores crime rates.  In New York City, for example, blacks are 23% … Continue reading →

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Another non-Muslim shooting

Posted on April 4, 2012 by Heather Mac Donald

The lethal gun rampage at Oikos University in Oakland, California, on Monday was a horrific tragedy, mind-numbing in its incomprehensibility for the seven victims’ families and for anyone connected to the school.  Secular Right sends its condolences to the community. The Oikos … Continue reading →

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A Bitter Pill

Posted on April 3, 2012 by Andrew Stuttaford

Via USA Today: MILWAUKEE – President Obama has opened the first significant lead of the 2012 campaign in the nation’s dozen top battleground states, a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll finds, boosted by a huge shift of women to his side…In the … Continue reading →

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