December 2006

Three Diversity Birds, One Stone

December 11, 2006

Deborah Howell, Washington Post Ombudsman ombudsman@washpost.com Dear Ms. Howell, In yesterday’s Washington Post, you bemoaned the excess of white male opinion writers and columnists and the paucity of blacks and females. You wrote that the Washington area is â€œa remarkably diverse region, and that should be better reflected in columnist jobsâ€ and proceeded to list [...]

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2006 Weblog Awards

December 11, 2006

If you’re so inclined, choose the best blogs for the 2006 Weblog Awards. I didn’t link when nominations were in progress because I didn’t want to be nominated [Update: I was nominated, it seems.] I agree with Glenn. Two years ago, I thought that kind of thing was fun. Now it’s just… Unrelated FYI Update: [...]

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Blame It On the Bipolar: Jayson Blair Returns!

December 11, 2006

***Scroll down for updates *** When Jayson Blair, former New York Times journalist, was exposed as a plagiarist and fabricator, he had the excuses ready. First, he blamed affirmative action. Then he blamed a so-called bipolar disorder, writing this about himself on his web site: “Jayson Blair was a reporter at The New York Times [...]

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Duke’s Privileged Puffed Up Professors

December 11, 2006

Update (12/12): KC Johnson answers this question: “Through what kind of process do professors like [Wahneema] Lubiano get hired?” ——————————————————- Here’s some common sense advice for everyone: Never puff up your academic and professional credentials. All it takes is one smart and motivated person to do a little digging and expose you to ridicule. KC [...]

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The Apostle Paul’s Grave?

December 7, 2006

I’ve always been awed by the Apostle Paul. God chose this one-time persecutor of Christians to spread the Gospel throughout the Roman Empire, a man eventually killed for his faith in the risen Christ. Paul makes his first appearance in the Book of Acts. Known as Saul of Tarsus, a son of the tribe of [...]

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Book Wishes

December 5, 2006

This is a shout-out to fan “Richard,” who bought me a copy of A Meaningful World: How the Arts And Sciences Reveal the Genius of Nature from my Amazon Wish List. It disappeared from the “Purchased” list, so I wanted to acknowledge receipt. [Later...It's back! Oh, well. The post stays up.] I heard about the [...]

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Race-Based School Assignment Cases Before the Supreme Court

December 5, 2006

Update II (12/6): James Taranto on How “Integration” Became Discrimination, SCOTUS blog… ——————————————– My latest Washington Examiner column is about the two race-based school assignment cases currently before the Supreme Court. White parents in Seattle and Jefferson County, Kentucky, sued the school districts for assigning students to schools based on race, a policy they claimed [...]

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A Minority’s Minority View

December 4, 2006

Update: I don’t always agree with Debra Dickerson, author of The End of Blackness, but she usually makes me laugh. Check out “Black History Month is coming soon. I wonder: Will anyone pay me to be black for them this year?” ———————————————————————– John McWhorter certainly doesn’t need me to sell his books, but I’d like [...]

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Clueless Bureaucrat ‘Stunned’ By Irate Parents

December 1, 2006

Just a brief note on clueless, out-of-touch “education” folks. Bobbie Raehl, president of the St. Charles school board in St. Charles, Illinois, is genuinely shocked that parents in the district don’t want their kids shipped across town to satisfy leftists’ obsession with skin color diversity. Although the board says the diversity was socioeconomic, people unencumbered [...]

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T.C. Drywall Hires Illegal Aliens

December 1, 2006

Update: Community Lawn Service with a Heart, a company in the Boston, hires illegal aliens. Incidentially, Republican Mitt Romney, governor of Massachusetts, used the company’s services. ——————————————————— Address and phone number: T.C. Drywall, Inc. 1360 Union Hill Rd Ste 6E Alpharetta, GA 30004 (770) 498-7100 T.C. Drywall, Inc., hires illegal aliens, in violation of U.S. [...]