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Unintended consequences

…want schools to consider for admissions or hiring, along with race, ethnicity, nationality, political views, sexual orientation, gender identity or religious associations.” *snip “The country’s top 50 private colleges and…

Book Review

…Economic studies have shown that the recipients of Chinese subsidies have, on average, lower productivity growth. Xi’s aggressive promotion of industry has triggered trade wars with not just the United…

Paul Ehrlich and me

…some mistakes, but no basic ones.” I’ve lived long enough to see many paradigms overturned or replaced when new data emerge. Science isn’t religious dogma, and every scientific conclusion is…

Will Iran go nuclear?

…two decades, publicly framed weapons of mass destruction—including nuclear and chemical weapons—as contrary to Islam. If that position represented a genuine religious constraint rather than mere diplomatic rhetoric, then his…

Why Democracy?

…means. — The wealthy and some religious sects see democracy as a threat — have good reason to.  They have good reason to be resistant to the evolution of thinking;…