There ain't nothing in the middle of the road but a yellow line and a dead armadillo.(Jim Hightower)
Archive for October 2008
a yellow line and a dead armadillo
October 4, 2008Prison populations in the United States
October 3, 2008At year end 2002 there were 3,437 sentenced black male prisoners per 100,000 black males in the United States, compared to 1,176 sentenced Hispanic male inmates per 100,000 Hispanic males and 450 white male inmates per 100,000 white males.
Is the race of life to get ahead of somebody?
October 2, 2008The real issue in compensatory education does not lie in theheritability of I. Q. or in the possible limits of educational tech-nology. On the reasonable assumption that ways of significantlyaltering mental capacities can be developed if it is importantenough to do so, the real issue is what the goals of our societywill be. Do we [...]
What’s it all about, Alfie?
October 1, 2008What's it all about, Alfie?Is it just for the moment we live?What's it all about when you sort it out, Alfie?Are we meant to take more than we giveOr are we meant to be kind?And if only fools are kind, Alfie,Then I guess it's wise to be cruel.And if life belongs only to the strong, [...]
