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Author Archives: Heather Mac Donald
Doubt and belief
From the Wall Street Journal’s Houses of Worship column, by the author of When God Talks Back: in more experientially oriented evangelical Christian communities . . . people expect to have a personal relationship with God. They go for walks with … Continue reading
The next battle for “gender equity”
It is only a matter of time before the all-male character of prominent Silicon Valley start-ups triggers the following backlash: A flood of articles and conferences exploring the “gender gap” in the high-tech sector; personal testimonies from disgruntled female … Continue reading
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Romney’s gender pandering
Unlike National Review readers, I find no justification for Romney’s craven exploitation of delusional feminist tropes against Obama. The Republican National Committee is parroting the absurd charge that the Obama White House is a “hostile environment” for females, for example. … Continue reading
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The lack of opportunity defense
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
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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It’s not easy being a foodie
A California assemblyman wants to ban food trucks from parking close to schools, on the ground that the vast majority of them peddle fattening fast foods to school children. The foodie community in Los Angeles is up in arms, because … Continue reading
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It’s not easy being green
California might have to decide between saving the desert tortoise and promoting its anti-global warming agenda: a major solar power project in the Mojave Desert keeps disturbing the ancient reptiles. BrightSource has spent $56 million so far to protect … Continue reading
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Hilarious statement of the week
According to the New York Times, many states are delaying creating the health insurance exchanges mandated by Obamacare, waiting for the outcome of the constitutional challenge to the law. In the meantime, we get such delusional claims about the act … Continue reading
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Democrats: Taxes don’t hurt growth, except when I say they do
New York governor Andrew Cuomo is giving $26 million in tax breaks to PepsiCo and a German dairy company in reward for their promise to open a joint yogurt factory in the western part of New York. The utter injustice … Continue reading
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Affirmative action thought control
Black students and some professors at Duke University are up in arms over a study that shows that black students drop out of science majors disproportionally, behavior that is wholly explained by their status as the beneficiary of racial preferences, as … Continue reading
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