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“I read a book recently called Triggers: Creating Behavior That Lasts . The book was just okay, but it contained a chilling story that I don’t want to forget. The book was written by a motivational speaker, and a master of the story and anecdote. We apparently volunteered in the Third World, and…”
“Racial Bias, Even When We Have Good Intentions : A good (bad?) roll up of studies which show that embedded, perhaps subconscious racism is alive and well. When doctors were shown patient histories and asked to make judgments about heart disease, they were much less likely to recommend cardiac…”
“Unpacking The Invisible Knapsack (PDF) : If you see left-wing conspiracies everywhere, then best to stay far away from this essay. it’s a discussion about the generally unacknowledged racial privilege given to whites, written by a professor Al Wellesley who has also examined the gender privileges…”
“Economic Inequality and Political Representation : Here’s some light reading for the weekend. I examine the differential responsiveness of U.S. senators to the preferences of wealthy, middle-class, and poor constituents. My analysis includes broad summary measures of senators ‘ voting behavior as…”
“Here are two things I’ve learned: Any mention of the term ‘white pride’ automatically means you’re a racist. Try to have a ‘straight pride’ parade, and you’re automatically labeled a homophobe. I’ve wondered about this phenomenon for a long time, and I’ve come to this conclusion: it’s considered…”
“The NFL’s Rooney Rule is ridiculous. It says that teams have to interview minority coaches for open coaching positions. This leads to ridiculous situations like this : Another indicator [that the 49ers have hired Jim Harbaugh] is that the 49ers are rapidly trying to interview Oakland OC Hugh…”
“I’m more than a little amazed that I stumbled on this article. A divided island: the forces working against Haiti: For years, I have wondered about this very question: why has the Dominican Republic done fairly well, while Haiti is a trainwreck, given that they share the same island? Last year I…”
“A sobering summary of how hard it is to be poor , and why it’s so hard to break out of poverty. You don’t have a car to get to a supermarket, much less to Costco or Trader Joe’s, where the middle class goes to save money. You don’t have three hours to take the bus. So you buy groceries at the…”
Foreign aid sometimes backfires and makes things worse over the long term.
Improving the plight of the working poor can be a trickier problem than you think.