LSAT Acceptance

I apologize for being out of the loop; I’ve been doing LSAT practice tests.
I’ve heard people, otherwise rational people, complain that the LSAT measures only one’s ability to take tests, and not one’s probability of success at law school.
I heard the same argument about the ACT when I applied to college four years ago, and [...]

Phyllis Schlafly and Washington University

Washu decided to give Phyllis Schlafly an honorary degree.
Naturally, this raised an uproar. Here she is giving a speech at Depaul, where they’re much more into diversity. We don’t like that kind of thing at WashU, we want everyone to think exactly the same thing.

And here are some excerpts from the [...]

still matters

I watched the whole debate. A couple of things stick out for me:

Buckley clearly wins.
Chomsky cherry-picks his history.
It’s a disinterested act if: “my attempt to help or your attempt to help a particular nation is in order to spare you a great ordeal in the future which will harm you, your family, etc.”
“There is [...]

more on funding

Tonight I’m feeling frisky, and I’m going to say something inflammatory and dreadfully unpopular.
We need fewer need-based scholarships. In fact, we need to do away with need-based aid. All of it.
Here’s why:
In life, you’re paid for two things: intellect and effort. Effort will get you to one hundred thousand dollars. Brains make you a millionaire.
Most [...]

jack cafferty agrees with the happy conservative

Check out the article here. Jack Cafferty asks the question of the hour.
And check out The American this month for an ariticle about happiness and capitalism.
Many of the commenters mentioned that economic success makes you happy, but Arthur C. Brooks notes that people report being no happier now on average than they did in 1973, [...]

less funding for education

I hate it when teachers complain about not getting paid enough. Do you hear the guy at the 7-11 complain about his pay? How about the folks at Hardee’s? Hy-Vee?
Nope. And all these people get paid a lot less than teachers for working many, many more hours.
Teachers love to ask for more pay. It’s for [...]

more conservative blogs

If you’re just searching around, fighting vainly the old ennui, take a look at the best conservative blogs on the planet. They’ve been no end of help in getting me started here. Kindred spirits all.
Naturally, we’re changing the world here.

coexist

I see these bumper stickers fairly often around WashU. Odd, since this is a place that simply despises religion.
But I’ve got a few problems with these things.
First of all, I can’t remember the last time a Christian saddled up, guns blazing, and rode into the local Chabad and laid waste to all within because [...]

friendship

I’ve been busy looking for the root causes of happiness.
So far, I’ve got baseball, flying, and as few trees as possible. Comfy tennis shoes. Rascal Flatts. Macaroni Grill and Starbucks. And, naturally, Diet Dew.
I’m not sure that this really cuts it. Although it might get close.
Coming soon: how friendship plays into happiness.
Where does friendship come [...]

my tryst with a philospher

I once took a class taught by a philosopher. It was entitled “Early Western History,” which was a damn dirty bit of untruth in advertising. Early Western History is hardly the exclusive story of philosophers.
But my main gripe with the philosopher is that he tore down everything I find holy and good in the world. [...]