Initial situation (until 1980s):Lenders have profit motive ( Read more... )

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South Side Veterans for Truth ( Read more... )

Is There Anything Good About Men?, presented at an American Psychological Association conference by the preeminent social psychologist, Roy Baumeister, is packed with objective psychological research and theoretical synthesis on gender differences. (Don't be put off by the title; it seems to have been set by those inviting the presentation ( Read more... )

"People ask, 'Why is there poverty in the world?' It’s a silly question. Poverty is the default human condition. It is the factory preset of this mortal coil. ...

"The interesting question isn’t 'Why is there poverty?' It’s 'Why is there wealth?' ...

"Leaving religion out of it, no idea has given more to humanity than capitalism. And yet we hate ( Read more... )

Abolish the SAT, by one-time SAT advocate Charles Murray.

"Normally, "black responsibility" is a forbidden phrase for a black leader -- not because blacks reject responsibility, but because even the idea of black responsibility weakens moral leverage over whites. When Mr. Obama uses this language, whites of course are thankful. Black leaders seethe."

- Shelby Steele, Why Jesse Jackson Hates ObamaJust ( Read more... )

Capitalism Shrugged: Should Ayn Rand Be Required Reading? From that palace of pleasures, WSJ.com. The comments are the highlight, without a doubt.

Of course Atlas Shrugged should be read by college students (and everyone else for that matter). It’s one of the greatest novels ever written, and the philosophy it presents is desperately needed in ( Read more... )

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I bet Christianity, in the form of monks through the Dark and Middle Ages, had a lot to do with the nicening up of the Western world. Then a great deal of credit goes to the philosophy of the Enlightenment; but however much a modern intellectual may be against self-sacrifical religions, you would be rooting for the monks if you looked deep enough ( Read more... )