Harvey’s Introduction
I’ve posted other articles by Jim Geraghty before, but this will be my last one because it would be easier for those interested to subscribe to National Affairs and get his report every day as well their full articles.
Month: March 2021
Harvey’s Introduction
I’m posting this article by Jim Gereghty in the National Review under the title of Morning Jolt. He has a bemused take on various events and i enjoy reading him. I hope you will too.
Harvey’s Introduction
The pursuit of equity has morphed from equality of opportunity to equality of outcome for whatever groups chosen. In this article, the author deals with taking merit out of the selection for elite public high schools in New York because the proportion of black and Latino students is lower than their proportion of total students. He argues that this will have a negative effect on black kids. I would add it will also result in a worsening of race relations and a lot of bitterness. There are several links in the article, all of which are worth reading
Harvey’s Introduction
This is an essay by an esteemed scientist who has analyzed the record of climate change models. He finds that they have been uniformly wrong and always in the direction of predicting too much warming. The implications are important for those setting climate change policy. I’ve included at the end six comments written by other scientists who read his paper.
Harvey’s Introduction
Academic institutions from grade school through colleges are becoming (have become) intolerant of any thought that differs from progressive, leftist thinking. This is having the effect of cancelling conservative thinking and conservative ideas. We are raising a generation of snow flakes who have not learned to hear, understand and evaluate what they believe are invalid arguments. it will not end well. This article helps define how bad the situation is currently.
Harvey’s Introduction
Andrew Biggs is an accomplished economist who has studied public sector payroll costs and public sector financing. In this article he discusses the problem with the “so-called” Covid Relief bill with regard to the bail out of private sector retirement plans that are mis- managed and severely underfunded. Public sector pension plans are underfunded even more. He raises the legitimate question that this is the beginning of what could be a $4 trillion bailout for public pensions. It doesn’t belong in a Covid bill and it doesn’t belong in any bill in the future.