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Category Archives: General
Let Oscar be Oscar
Every year, it’s the same lament: The Oscar telecast ratings are down. What should we do to prop them up? Enough already. Let’s be clear: The purpose of the Academy Awards (Oscar) is not primarily to garner ratings (although television … Continue reading
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Can voters be more stupid than this?
Here in California, we had State Proposition 91 on yesterday’s ballot. It’s designed to make sure that gasoline tax revenue is used for transportation funding, as intended, and not something else. In an unusual turn of events, no one supported … Continue reading
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Intelligence: Environment vs. Genetics
For the record, I have little tolerance for these endless environment vs. genetics debates. Too often, they make it sound like an either-or debate: Either trait X is “determined” by the environment or by genetics. It has to be one … Continue reading
Friday QuickTakes
A semi-random collection of thoughts too brief by themselves for a solo blog entry: I remain appalled by Turkey’s near complete denial that a mass killing of Armenians even took place almost a century ago. Turkey’s objection to whether or … Continue reading
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