James Flynn
Does American liberalism have a future?
The overriding question of James Flynn’s latest book is so great that he’s named his book after it: Where Have all the Liberals Gone? His conclusion: liberals in the US need to show more courage in confronting the rhetoric and policies of the out-going administration, or they’ll prove themselves to be complicit. And that doesn’t [...]
James Flynn in the New Scientist
In The New Scientist Perspectives Section this month, James Flynn argues for a confrontation of issues surrounding race and IQ. His research into changing IQ scores over the past few decades (the Flynn Effect) demonstrates that environmental, not genetic factors underlie the lower IQ scores of African Americans.
This leads him to ask some uncomfortable questions.
A [...]
Democrats Introduce Offshore Drilling Scheme
After chants of “Drill, baby, drill” at the Republican National Convention, a Democratic Congress has changed their attitudes on offshore drilling. From the New York Times:
Even more surprising, the turnabout is led by the House speaker, Nancy Pelosi, who has a history of fighting oil drilling going back to the early days of her career [...]
James Flynn’s Top 5 Liberals
James Flynn (as in, The Flynn Effect), asks in his latest book: “Where Have all the Liberals Gone?”
But what does he mean by “liberal?”
Thomas Jefferson
Without Jefferson, we would not have the lucid statement of the ideal that binds Americans together: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that [...]
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