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January 2016

January 27, 2016

From the library: Under the Bus; How working women are being run over, by Caroline Fredrickson

So remember when I wrote about Unfinished Business, by Ann-Marie Slaughter, and her notion that...

January 26, 2016

Today is International Holocaust Remembrance Day

Per the UN, and also observed by the EU, and many European countries, it commemorates...

January 26, 2016

Pinewood Derby 2016: “Jimmy”

Finally, three kids in, we're getting the hang of the Pinewood Derby. This is...

January 26, 2016

The NEETs are not so neat: new statistics on black youth in Chicago (updated)

From today's Chicago Tribune, "Nearly half of young black men in Chicago out of work,...

January 25, 2016

A few thoughts on “pro-choice-ism”, and two analogies

Let's start with this: The pro-abortion attitudes I cited back on Friday, and the demands that...

January 23, 2016

“Papers, please”? A few words on state gun background check laws

Earlier this month, President Obama announced executive actions on guns, and conservatives both decried his actions...

January 23, 2016

“It took me four days to hitchhike from Saginaw”

Ann Althouse talks about the new Bernie Sanders ad, in which he uses a montage...

January 22, 2016

What do 113 female lawyers tell us about abortion and “abortion alternatives”?

I'd been meaning to write about this for a while. Two weeks ago, Slate.com published...

January 21, 2016

“Collective fear” in Germany? Keeping blinders firmly affixed!

The Silversternacht attacks. Groping in swimming pools and at a "welcome party". Now an account in...

January 20, 2016

The DPS sickout: teachers digging their own grave?

The teachers of the Detroit Public Schools staged a "sickout" today. You know, the sort...

January 20, 2016

How Singapore stops public groping

The picture above comes from my husband's (business) trip to Singapore over the summer....

January 20, 2016

4 thoughts on the all-white Oscar slate

Yes, the Oscar nominations have been published, and it's again, a list of 20 actors...

January 19, 2016

Updates on Germany’s #Asylchaos

That, by the way, is the hashtag coming into use in Germany for comments on...

January 19, 2016

Is state funding for higher ed really not keeping pace with inflation?

That's the claim of this article in Inside Higher Ed, from last Thursday (yeah, I'd...

January 19, 2016

The Flint Water Crisis

Republicans say it's Democrats' fault, given that they were, after all, the ones who ran...

January 18, 2016

Say it ain’t so, Rubio!

Back in September, I made the prediction that, when voters lose their infatuation with Trump,...

January 17, 2016

Who wants to live-blog the debate?

in the comments, that is? I just can't do it. The kids are off school...

January 17, 2016

The problem with the Anti-Islamism-ists

One article after the next, in such places as National Review, repeats the message: Islam...

January 16, 2016

Thought experiment: Muhammad and the Jews

Did you know that the historical hatred of Muslims toward Jews did not have its...

January 16, 2016

A must-read link

syrergegensexismus.org The problem being that the "Arabs" or the "Muslims" arriving in Germany are diverse;...

January 16, 2016

An incident at the drugstore, and the answer to the Little Sisters issue

. . . if the Obama administration truly cared about respecting religious accommodation, that is....

January 15, 2016

Can Germany’s Arab immigrants be fixed?

They're flawed in all manner of ways. They are, it turns out, rather uneducated, on...

January 14, 2016

GOP Debate, Jan. 14, 2016

Can I watch the debate, blog, and catch up on work at the same time?...

January 14, 2016

Should there be guarantees in pension systems?

That's the title of a Call for Papers sponsored by the Society of Actuaries. Here's...

January 13, 2016

News from Germany: the kleinen Waffenschein

Gemany, as you likely know, has much tighter restrictions on weapons than in the United...

January 13, 2016

A few words on Natural Born Citizens

I'm not a Cruz supporter, but this discussion is getting a bit out of hand....

January 13, 2016

Reading the SOTU

So, look, I didn't watch the speech last night, nor did I watch the Republican...

January 11, 2016

From the library: Headscarves and Hymens; Why the Middle East Needs a Sexual Revolution, by Mona Eltahawy

I picked this up of the New Book shelf yesterday and it's a short enough...

January 09, 2016

Will Silvesternacht prove to have been a turning point for Germany?

First, the updates: Despite the seeming impossibility of the task, the Cologne police have had...

January 07, 2016

On Germany: I got nothin’ (well, not much, anyway, in terms of insights)

Germany has a problem. Turns out, the integration of 1 million + Muslim refugees is...

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