Jerry Stratton's Blog, page 68
November 25, 2015
Why Americans distrust Obama���s refugee policy
The reason states are taking immigration law into their own hands is that the federal government isn���t doing its job. The reason this is politically popular is that Americans can see how dangerous the federal governments policy of ignoring illegal immigration criminals is.
November 24, 2015
The First Casualty
This book is a great collection of war reporting anecdotes from the Crimean War up to Vietnam. It also attempts to be an analysis, and pretty much fails to not only come to any conclusion, but to decide what its goals ought to be.
November 18, 2015
Who wants the United States to lead?
After Paris, can we still wonder whether it���s a better idea for the United States to leave world peace to bickering tyrants?
November 17, 2015
Echo House
Ward Just���s story of three generations of Washington power brokers unknown by pretty much everyone outside of DC.
November 11, 2015
Religious upbringing study uses odd definition of altruism
The religious upbringing altruism study is a failure because the researchers failed to define their moral terms. You can���t study altruism and judgmentalism unless you come up with a definition of the terms. Their definition appears to have been ���willing to give money to social science researchers���.
November 10, 2015
The Fisher Space Pen
If you���re a writer, you���re a writer everywhere���often trying to write on whatever semi-hard surface is available. The Fisher Space Pen makes that possible.
November 5, 2015
Left believes atheists are wasteful bullies?
The left is touting a new study that claims to show that those without religious upbringing are more likely to sympathize with victimizers than with victims, and are more wasteful with other people���s resources.
November 3, 2015
Why is the media saying Sanders lost the debate?
Bernie Sanders spoke an important and inconvenient truth about socialism when he came to Hillary Clinton���s defense at the debates.
October 28, 2015
Does government funding hold science back?
Abundant government funding for research probably has the effect of dividing research into crazy and conventional, with little in between for innovative.
October 21, 2015
Proposition 3: Slowly chipping away at Austin���s permanent political class
Texas proposition 3 removes the requirement that state officers join the Austin political class and instead lets them live in surrounding communities���that more closely resemble Texas.
