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Just goes to show who among us holds real knowledge and who merely holds opinions. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Sowell

I don't know who these people are or how they got into the conversation. You suggested that most college professors are Liberals because they are more intelligent than most people and that this stands to reason. I referred you to the book Thomas Sowell just wrote dealing with this very issue...

The question poses a dilemma. On one hand, we don't want politicians to be beholden to special interests or being influenced by them. We want politicians free to do what their conscience dictates. The problem is, how do we ensure that everyone has the same voice. The answer isn't easy. If...

Padawa, you are the best example of an ignorant Leftist blow hard on this board. You are a 22 year old kid with ZERO education. You have read NOTHING and you know nothing. Do you even know who Thomas Sowell is? Of course you don't because the ONLY things you have ever paid attention to are...

This statistic was taken from an article saying that the US is falling behind certain other Countries in education. See the full article here: http://www.phonydiploma.com/what-percent-of-people-have-a-college-degree.aspx According to the U.S. Census Bureau and the 2002 American Community...

OK, I'm willing to compromise. I am willing to suspend disbelief when I see a woman holding her own in a fist fight against a Navy SEAL if and only if that woman is topless while doing it.

The examples I gave serve only to illustrate the main point of the thread, which in this case is a question. I could have mentioned the roll of social proof in contributing to inner city delinquency or any number of things. You are assuming these examples are sub-claims used to buttress an...

Unlike you, I know my ideas are the same ones many great minds have been espousing for years. Really, it's nothing but plain old wisdom. Here is a quote from Thomas Sowell's new book on the very subject of intellectuals. “The fatal misstep of intellectuals is assuming that...

Actually, that is exactly what is happening. About the only place you find Conservative professors is in the sciences. And BTW, Conservative does not mean religious zealot - don't conflate the two. Many intellectuals agree that the university is a perfect isolated bubble from which Liberal...

Ionic Grow = 3-1-5 Bloom = 3-2-6 I think I will start light and just allow the solution to increase concentration via water use until I find the right spot. I know the Ionic did well with an EC on the lower side (around 1500) so we will see. Above 2000 and they showed stress. I think as...

Interesting. It appears a few people are having a hard time with this. Here is a pointer. In general, a piece such as the one above contains one major claim and one or more examples, analogies and sub-claims designed to support the major premise. Often there are some other points of...

For years a debate has raged regarding whether we are who we are based on genetics or on what we learn from our environment from the time of birth. "Nature Vs nurture" is the popular reference. Regardless of which influences us more, it is clear that environment plays a significant roll...

I see my friends from the left side of the bell curve have decided to chime in. Here is a link for the organization that created the "student's bill of rights." It has been implemented by a number of universities and is gaining momentum. The purpose of the organization and the bill is to...

It figures. I start a thread about something that isn't disputable in any way, shape or form and yet a number of people are so mentally deficient that they just have to try. I'm not about to sit here and try to recall all the movies and TV shows I have seen with women kicking men's ass' but...

NPR is great. I love hearing about the "militant" who blew up a buss in "retaliation" for Israeli air strikes that killed 7 "people" adding to the "cycle of violence." Notice they are not terrorists, just "militants or people." And their acts are not more terror but a "retaliation." And...

Your "rights" are delineated in the Constitution. You also have civil liberties which is hard to define and subject to law and due process. Then there are privileges which we need permission to do. Really, one would have to be a law professor to fully answer this question and even then there...

Not that long ago, Liberals were all gung ho about affirmative action and race based hiring quotas. Over time, most everyone came to see how wrong this practice was. Part of this may have been the consequences of this policy coming to light and part may have been the influence of Conservatives...

As a Jew I take issue with calling our Torah (the Hebrew scriptures) old. Jesus, as a Rabbi certainly never would have done so - in fact everything he taught came straight from what you call the OT. There is a great deal of theological philosophy that deals with how God dealt with people in...

You are grasping at straws. Obama doesn't know the first thing about being black. He was raised by a white mother in Hawaii. He went to Harvard law. I see more Blacks driving to my Detroit warehouse every day than Obama has seen in his entire lifetime. This is really very simple. Obama...

You are quite insightful for 18. many people spend their entire lives chasing after things that they think will make them happy only to wind up miserable. Unfortunately, there are many women especially, who deeply regret having bought into foolish Feminist notions telling them that having...