Over the next few days, I’m going to be summarizing key findings from my article on law school racial preferences, and discussing the findings with readers. Today is: Entry One: The General Operation of Racial Preferences When law schools talk about race-based admissions preferences – something they generally discuss as little as possible — they […]
Archive | November, 2004
Google and Abu Ghraib / Lynndie England images:
A Metafilter post complains that a Google Images search for “Lynndie England” comes up with nothing (even with SafeSearch off), and a search for “Abu Ghraib” comes up with little; on the other hand, Yahoo images search for “Lynndie England” and “Abu Ghraib” (thanks to reader Mark Cridland for the pointer). I checked it out, […]
“Quote of the Week,” from the Mobile Register:
“Where are we going? And why am I in a handbasket?” — From a Wednesday e-mail exchange of several Alabama Democratic Party activists.
Professor urges people to consciously spread falsehood:
InstaPundit links to this post on the DailyKos site: [T]he biggest silver lining of this election is how the GOP’s victory is thus far being claimed, framed and explained. To that I say, “Let us join that chorus.” And we should do so now, because there is immediacy in the post-election window of opportunity. Marching […]
NOVAK ON SPECTER:
For those who may have missed it, Robert Novak has an interesting and informative column on the Specter situation today.
Guest-blogging at WSJ.com:
This week I will be guest-blogging over at the on-line Wall Street Journal, WSJ.com. The Journal page is usually gated, but for this week it is open to all visitors. I am debating economist John Irons of Argmax.com. The exchanges are on the Economy page; here is a direct link, which includes a comments board. […]
Who is next for the Supreme Court?–
Alberto Gonzales (CNN photo). Senator Charles Schumer has released a letter to President Bush suggesting the candidates that he would favor for the Supreme Court (tip to the Corner). Personally, my uninformed guess is that Bush will nominate Alberto Gonzales for the next vacancy on the Supreme Court, though this is far from certain. White […]
My colleague Ilya Somin notes that unlike the Jewish community as a whole, Jews from the former Soviet Union overwhelmingly supported President Bush. Ilya writes: “I’m still waiting for the political payoff for our loyal support. For example, instead of naming a Hispanic supreme court justice, why not name Eugene Volokh?” Sounds great to me.
Is Arafat nearly dead or still dead?–
Debka is reporting that Arafat died several days ago, which is contrary to what some Palestinian spokesmen are saying in other press stories. Who knows? I don’t. But the fact that the doctors are not saying anything is highly suspicious. UPDATE: Reuters reports that Arafat’s wife is accusing Palestinian officials of trying to bury Arafat […]
Best State Poll Predictions were from Rasmussen and Survey USA.–
Polipundit has a nice review of which polls did better in predicting state results. Rasmussen comes in 2d of the 11 polling agencies that Polipundit reviews. Survey USA comes in first. Here are some of the results: #11 – The LA Times Poll. … . #10 – Fox News Poll. … #9 – Quinnipiac University […]
Mark Steyn
has a very funny and apt column in the Telegraph (UK) on European attitudes towards America. It naturally overgeneralizes to some extent, but I found it to be an incisive and amusing read. (Thanks to the newly-blogrolled Betsy Newmark for the pointer.)
Massad Defends Himself:
I’ve been reporting on the Professor Joseph Massad controversy at Columbia, which you can follow via the links below. I’ve reproduced, via Juan Cole, Massad’s statement in his own defense, which I will mostly let speak for itself. My quick comments: The difficulty with Massad seems less that he is anti-Israel, as such, and I’ve […]
Bill Stuntz writes on the 1896, 1916, & 2004 election pattern.–
Bill Stuntz, who started as an assistant professor at UVA when I was a visiting professor there in the mid-1980s, is now a professor at the Harvard Law School. He wrote me an email on the voting patterns that I and many others have been noting: There have been six elections with this basic pattern, […]
Evan Thomas’ great Newsweek story about the two campaigns.–
I have been reading the very long online Newsweek story about the election, which is apparently the heart of their special election issue. Although navigating through it is a bit of a hassle and the final chapters are not online (unless I’ve missed them), there is some great reporting by a host of Newsweek stalwarts […]
A Tragic Story of Wrongful Conviction:
Details here. Thanks to Talkleft for the link.