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Archives for September 2015
The Fallacy of Equating Differences in Outcome with Differences in Opportunity
THOMAS SOWELL, 16 September 2015, FOREIGN POLICY It takes an intellectual to confuse the two. A hostile review of my new book — Wealth, Poverty and Politics – said: “There is apparently no level of inequality of income or opportunity that Thomas Sowell would consider unacceptable.” Ordinarily, reviewers who miss the whole point of the book they are reviewing can be … [Read more...] about The Fallacy of Equating Differences in Outcome with Differences in Opportunity
Texas High School Student Shows Off Homemade Clock, Gets Handcuffed
BILL CHAPPELL, 16 SEPTEMBER 2015, NPR A 14-year-old boy says he was just trying to show off his engineering skill when he brought a digital clock he had made to his new high school in Irving, Texas. But Ahmed Mohamed was detained and reportedly suspended from school, after a teacher thought that his clock looked like a bomb. The aspiring engineer repeatedly said that … [Read more...] about Texas High School Student Shows Off Homemade Clock, Gets Handcuffed
Burkina Faso interim president ‘detained by presidential guard’
2015-09-16, France24 Soldiers from Burkina Faso’s powerful presidential guard interrupted a cabinet meeting on Wednesday and detained the interim President Michel Kafando, the prime minister and two cabinet members, military and government sources said. “Members of the presidential guard burst into the room of the cabinet of ministers at around 14:30 and took hostage the … [Read more...] about Burkina Faso interim president ‘detained by presidential guard’
From exile, a divisive figure rattles Palestinian politics
JERUSALEM/DUBAI | BY LUKE BAKER AND NOAH BROWNING | Wed 16 Sep 2015 | REUTERS He is in the view of some Palestinians, and perhaps his own mind, the man who would be king. From his roots in a Gaza refugee camp, Mohammed Dahlan scrambled to the top of Palestinian politics by his early 40s, backed by a reputation as a charismatic enforcer, someone who commanded loyalty and … [Read more...] about From exile, a divisive figure rattles Palestinian politics
The Truth About the Migrant Crisis
Michael S. Teitelbaum, 14 September 2015, Foreign Affairs Tragic Choices, Moral Hazards, and Potential Solutions As the world watches wave after wave of migrants and refugees pour into and across Europe, what was once shocking now seems routine. There can be no doubt that a major crisis, both humanitarian and political, is under way. Hundreds of thousands pay large sums … [Read more...] about The Truth About the Migrant Crisis
How Segregation Destroys Black Wealth
THE EDITORIAL BOARD, 15 SEPT. 2015, THE NEW YORK TIMES Americans commonly — and mistakenly — believe that well-to-do black people no longer face the kind of discrimination that prevents them from living anywhere they can afford. But a federal housing discrimination complaint filed last week by the National Fair Housing Alliance shows that this toxic problem is very much with … [Read more...] about How Segregation Destroys Black Wealth
Eastern Europe’s Short Memory
THE EDITORIAL BOARD, 15 SEPT. 2015, THE NEW YORK TIMES Even as Europe’s greatest refugee emergency since World War II grew more acute, prompting Germany and some other nations to temporarily shut their borders, European Union interior ministers failed on Monday to agree on even a limited mandatory distribution of refugees for resettlement among member states. That tragic … [Read more...] about Eastern Europe’s Short Memory
Zimbabwe’s Mugabe reads wrong speech, opponents question his fitness
HARARE | By MacDonald Dzirutwe |Tue 15 Sep 2015 | REUTERS Zimbabwe's 91-year-old President Robert Mugabe read out the wrong speech at the opening of parliament on Tuesday, an error which the main opposition quickly used to question whether Africa's oldest leader was still of a sound mind. Mugabe, the only ruler the southern African nation has known since it was … [Read more...] about Zimbabwe’s Mugabe reads wrong speech, opponents question his fitness
The US and China: Will it be collision or cooperation?
Simon Montlake, Staff writer 13 September 2015, Chrisitian Science Monitor On the eve of Chinese President Xi Jinping's first state visit to the US, a China expert lays out how the two great powers can avoid confrontation. NEW YORK — ‘G’day. My name’s Kevin. I’m from Australia. I’m here to help.” The silver-thatched man on the stage in a loose-fitting black suit and no tie … [Read more...] about The US and China: Will it be collision or cooperation?
Refugee crisis shows the changing soul of Germany
BERLIN | BY PAUL CARREL AND NOAH BARKIN | Sun 13 Sep 2015 | REUTERS Europe's refugee crisis is revealing the changing soul of Germany. Back in 2010, Chancellor Angela Merkel declared that multi-culturalism in Germany had been an abject failure; today the nation is opening its arms to hundreds of thousands of refugees, many of them Muslims from Syria, Iraq and … [Read more...] about Refugee crisis shows the changing soul of Germany