Is Hillary Inevitable?

Hillary Clinton is currently kicking some serious ass in the Polls.  But, then, this time 4 years ago, so was  Howard Dean,  and John Kerry wasn’t doing all that well.
In fact, Barrack Obama is doing better now than Kerry was then.  The game is still on, but only between those two for the Democratic Nomination. [...]

Science, Genetics, and Race

First the Study:

A 2002 study by scientists at the University of Southern California and Stanford showed that if a sample of people from around the world are sorted by computer into five groups on the basis of genetic similarity, the groups that emerge are native to Europe, East Asia, Africa, America and Australasia – more [...]

In Defense of Home Schooling

The Proletarian, a School Teacher himself, on the positives of home schooling:
As Jason Taylor stated, if done well by parents in a well organized system, students can benefit more than they would in a traditional school. Taylor mentioned many of the flaws and distractions I have observed in high schools: A de-emphasis on academics and [...]

Is Waterboarding Torture?

Do we really need to ask such questions?
“Is waterboarding constitutional?” he was asked by Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, a Rhode Island Democrat, in one of today’s sharpest exchanges.
“I don’t know what is involved in the technique,” Mr. Mukasey replied. “If waterboarding is torture, torture is not constitutional.”
Mr. Whitehouse described Mr. Mukasey’s response as a “massive hedge” [...]

Bob Wright’s Crazy Scheme to get Al Gore to Run in 2008

He’s trying …