Whither Logic

The Gift of Language by Theodore Dalrymple, City Journal Autumn 2006: "The contrast between a felt and lived reality—in this case, Pinker’s need to speak and write standard English because of its superior ability to express complex ideas—and the denial of it, perhaps in order to assert something original and striking, is characteristic of an intellectual climate in which the destruction of moral and social distinctions is proof of the very best intentions."

The Gift of Language by Theodore Dalrymple, City Journal Autumn 2006: "For the most part, though, I was struck not by the verbal felicity and invention of my patients and those around them but by their inability to express themselves with anything like facility: and this after 11 years of compulsory education, or (more accurately) attendance at school."

It doesn't suck in the traditional sense of one's dislike of mandatory attendance and performance but rather the modern sense where one is required to attend school and not required to perform. It's like 12 years of detention. Following which, in order to be marketable, you must then PAY for an additional four years of detention.

RealClearPolitics - Articles - White Guilt Doesn't Help Blacks: "Whites' preoccupation with guilt and compensation such as affirmative action is actually a subtle form of racism, Steele says. 'One of the things that is clear about white privilege, and so many of the arguments for diversity that pretend to be compensatory, is that they advantage whites. They make the argument that whites can solve [black people's] problems. ... The problem with that is ... you reinforce white supremacy all over again. And black dependency.'"

Outrage as Church backs calls for severely disabled babies to be killed at birth | the Daily Mail: "The Church of England has broken with tradition dogma by calling for doctors to be allowed to let sick newborn babies die.

Christians have long argued that life should preserved at all costs - but a bishop representing the national church has now sparked controversy by arguing that there are occasions when it is compassionate to leave a severely disabled child to die."

We're in an all out sprint. God have Mercy, for we know not what we do.

"The wars are obviously not the same. However, unlike in WWII there was never a shred of doubt as to whether or not we would be victorious over Saddam’s army. He might have been able to fight a few battles, but ultimately victory was guaranteed. Where the administration failed was in recognizing that, while we would in the short term be seen as liberators by much of the country, we would soon be seen as occupiers, and we would need a good counterinsurgency strategy in place, because the best time to fight an insurgency is before one begins. We had nothing of the sort, because the administration had been assured by Chalabi that citizens would be throwing flowers at their feet. Because of this we didn’t send in enough troops to control the country. We didn’t start monitoring the borders until over a year post-invasion. As the insurgency grew, the administration did not change tactics, and instead got on TV to assure everyone that this was just a few “dead-enders,” remnants of the old regime who would soon be put in their place. As it did before the invasion, ideology trumped reality once again. Bremer dismissed the Iraqi Army, and then unilaterally banned anyone with an association with the Ba’ath Party from having anything to do with the new government. All of these people, with resentment to the US and no job an"

COuldn't have said it better although Lee forgets that the reason that their was no questions as to ourt success was partly in due to the support of the US citizenry, which, in the present case, was most certainly undermoined by the press at large. I'm a free speech advocate but at come point the freedom allows a select few the ability to shape policy, which I had always assumed was the province of the electorate?