Table of Contents Title Page Preface EDITORIAL NOTE SOCIAL ISSUES GRASSHOPPER AND ANT EVER WONDER WHY? A “DUTY TO DIE”? THE MONEY OF FOOLS BOOMERS AND BOOMERANGS IS THE FAMILY BECOMING EXTINCT? LIFE AT THE BOTTOM TWISTED HISTORY ANIMAL RITES HUMAN LIVESTOCK THE EINSTEIN SYNDROME THE WRIGHT STUFF REVISIONISTS AGAINST AMERICA AUTISM “CURES” ? INSTRUCTING THE INSTRUCTORS APRIL FOOLS’ PARTY GROWING OLD FOREIGN DOMESTICS CRUEL “COMPASSION” WARS OVER VALUES LOVE IS A FOUR LETTER WORD MEANINGLESS “EQUALITY” LITTLE THINGS MASCOTS OF THE ANOINTED THE ANTI-AMERICAN AMERICANS “DEADBALL” VERSUS “LIVELYBALL” ? ECONOMICS ONE-STAGE THINKING UNION MYTHS “AFFORDABILITY” SAVING LIVES PICTURING THE “TRUSTFUND” THE ECONOMICS OF CRIME THE ECONOMICS OF DISCRIMINATION VARIATIONS IN COSTS COMPETITIVE AND NON-COMPETITIVE MARKETS “INCOMEDISTRIBUTION” Empirical Evidence Moral Considerations MINIMUM WAGE LAWS Unemployment Differential Impact THE ROLE OF ECONOMICS Scientific Analysis Events and Ideas POLITICAL ISSUES IVAN AND BORIS—AND US RONALDREAGAN - (1911–2004) THE “COMPASSION” RACKET SPOILED BRAT POLITICS THE LEFT’S VOCABULARY UNFUNDED MANDATES REFLECTIONS ON TERM LIMITS THE SURVIVAL OF THE LEFT POLITICS IN ONE LESSON THE PATTERN OF THE ANOINTED PATTERNS OF FAILURE “ ONLIBERTY ” RECONSIDERED MARX THE MAN YOUTH EARLY CAREER COLLABORATION WITH ENGELS EXILES THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL TWILIGHT YEARS ASSESSMENTS LEGAL ISSUES PENNY-WISE ON CRIME JUSTICE FOR LITTLE ANGELO LOVE THOSE KILLERS! LAW ON TRIAL ABORTED KNOWLEDGE GUN CONTROL MYTHS GUN CONTROL MYTHS: PART II POWER TO THE PARASITES MEDICAL LAWSUITS PASSING IN REVIEW ARE COPS RACIST? THE MEANING OF LAW FREEDOM VERSUS DEMOCRACY JUDICIAL ACTIVISM AND JUDICIAL RESTRAINT Judicial Activism Judicial Restraint and “Original Intent” RACE AND ETHNICITY OLDER BUDWEISER “DIVERSITY” IN INDIA THE SLAVERY CARD “MINORITIES” RACE, ROMANCE AND REALITY DOG-IN-THE-MANGER POLITICS “FRIENDS ” OF BLACKS GIVING BUSINESS THE BUSINESS STEREOTYPES VERSUS THE MARKET RECYCLED “RACISM ” GEOGRAPHY VERSUS EQUALITY ASSUMPTIONS BEHIND AFFIRMATIVE ACTION THE MULTICULTURALISM CULT LIFE IS CULTURALLY BIASED BOOKERT. WASHINGTON AFTER ONE HUNDRED YEARS AFFIRMATIVE ACTION AROUND THE WORLD LIMITED AND TRANSIENT PREFERENCES PREFERRED AND NON-PREFERRED GROUPS TRENDS SUMMARY AND IMPLICATIONS THE INFLUENCE OF GEOGRAPHY GEOGRAPHY, ECONOMICS AND CULTURE THE GEOGRAPHY OF AFRICA THE GEOGRAPHY OF EASTERN AND WESTERN EUROPE THE GEOGRAPHY OF THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE EDUCATIONAL ISSUES TRAGI-COMIC “EDUCATORS” SCIENTISTS NEED NOT APPLY HIGHER EDUCATION AND LOW COMEDY SUCCESS CONCEALING FAILURE “PUBLICSERVICE” — OR DISSERVICE? “FORCED TO VOLUNTEER” GOODBYE TO SARA AND BENJAMIN? CHOOSING A COLLEGE THE IDIOCY OF “RELEVANCE” JULIAN STANLEY AND BRIGHT CHILDREN ANTI-”ELITISM ” IN EDUCATION THE OLD NEIGHBORHOOD WASTING MINDS DO FACTS MATTER? DEEP TROUBLE FROM SHALLOW PEOPLE “ GOOD ” TEACHERS BEHIND “PUBLISH OR PERISH” GLIMPSES OF ACADEME BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES CAROLINA IN THE MORNING MEMORIES RANDOM THOUGHTS SOURCES NOTES INDEX Copyright Page