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James Kalb Mary Robinson, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, connects the dots and squares the circle: How does a human-rights approach help to achieve sustainable development?. An emphasis on rights might seem at odds with an emphasis on results. Not to worry—what both mean is a universal socialist commonwealth. Everyone in the world, Mrs. … More ...
The issue of working mothers provides an example of the mindlessness and inhumanity of “antidiscrimination” as a basis for human relations: Study: Women with children face blatant workplace bias . When and under what circumstances mothers, especially of young children, should work outside the home is an issue that touches all of us. It may … More ...
Steven Yates at LewRockwell.com has put together a long and rather rambling (but info-packed) account of the UN World Summit on Sustainable Development and the movement for “global governance” generally. If you’ve felt you should know something about it but haven’t wanted to try to dig into the swamp it’s well worth a look.
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When is Schadenfreude permissible? Emily’s List, a group in Washington that raises money for pro-abortion female Democratic candidates, is targeting Democratic men like Representatives Dingell and Bonior using negative ads and personal accusations. Left-wing bigots don’t always keep their bigotry properly focused, it seems.
How come things have obviously gone so horribly wrong when the old days were so monstrous and there’s been all this progress? More Black Men Behind Bars In US Than In College.
About 10 years ago Daniel Patrick Moynihan, a professional sociologist as well as politician, noted that as deviancy grows beyond the bounds of acceptability it is redefined so life can retain the appearance of normality. (See his American Scholar essay “Defining Deviancy Down”.) In fact, however, what we have been seeing around us for … More ...
Some antifeminist items have made their way into the mainstream media: Salon says that “False rape accusations are not uncommon”, although they put a feminist spin on it, while Fox News has noticed that Moms Can Be Deadbeats Too. In fact, when they don’t get custody they’re more likely to be deadbeats than … More ...
Here’s an informative review by one theoretician of the managerial state, Paul Gottfried, of two biographies of a second: The Disputed Legacy of James Burnham. One of the biographies was written by a third theoretician, Sam Francis. It’s possible Burnham, Francis & Co. emphasize power in itself too much at the expense of the … More ...
FrontPage Magazine has an article on an interesting combination of the Denny’s Hustle and government by consent decree: Harvesting the Fruits of Liberal Guilt. The Denny’s Hustle, of course, is the practice of bringing strike suits against large PR-conscious companies complaining of multiple acts of racism. Government by consent decree is a procedure whereby … More ...
More PC in Canada, the kinder, gentler part of British North America: a quota of 20% for visible minorities in hiring and promotion for Canada’s civil service. The program will be in addition to other set-asides for native people and women. Also, here’s one observance among many of the National Day of Remembrance and Action … More ...