Follow the money: The profit of war

Just as I am hard against those who feel that dumping money into social programs that do not work, I am the same way with those feel that one’s patriotism is questionable when questions are raised concerning the out of control spending for the current war in the middle east. When I came across the [...]

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Another good example of how government wants to be your parent

Mayor: Take away parents’ excuses
Wharton says parents must step up if helped
By Alex Doniach
commercialappeal.com
The idea came to Shelby County Mayor A C Wharton in church on a Sunday — help parents get involved in their children’s education and punish those who don’t.
“I’d like to redefine child neglect to include the failure, without justification, to take [...]

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…and some people are just born with it.

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Guess who is hurt most by affirmative action college admissions?

Asians, not whites, hurt most by race-conscious admissions
By Peter Schmidt
usatoday.com
The long-running debate over affirmative action in college admissions just got more complicated, thanks to a new study that challenges the common assumption that whites are hurt most when colleges take applicants’ race and ethnicity into account.
The study, published by the University of California-Los Angeles last [...]

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BET expands to the U.K.

NEW YORK, Feb. 20 /PRNewswire/ — BET Networks, a division of Viacom Inc. NYSE: VIA NYSE: VIA.B, today announced the launch of BET, a new television channel in the United Kingdom dedicated to bringing British consumers access to top-rated BET shows, including 106 & PARK, AMERICAN GANGSTER, HELL DATE, THE BET HONORS, COLLEGE HILL, MEET [...]

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