There’s an interesting critique of the egalitarianism of Rawls and Dworkin in City Journal. Here’s a highlight by way of Arts and Letters Daily:
Indefensible as it is, Dworkin’s theory usefully illustrates problems that render all versions of egalitarianism untenable. Egalitarians face a fatal dilemma. If they say, as does Dworkin, that individual responsibility really does [...]
The insufferably arrogant Anna Quindlen deservedly gets spankings from Andrew Hofer, Joanne Jacobs, and others. Start with Jacobs:
Let me add one thing. Quindlen should read David Brooks’ article on “red” and “blue” America (it’s not available online), and remind herself that many Americans live on modest incomes and buy things for need or pleasure, [...]
Speaking of danger, what do you suppose is the most dangerous animal in North America? This article in Reason Online explains:
What is North America’s most dangerous (non-human) mammal? Grizzly bears? Certainly Lewis and Clark on their way to the Pacific Ocean in 1804 thought so. In the early 1800s, some 50,000 grizzlies roamed [...]
The Times of London
And for a little on-target radical feminist-bashing, it’s hard to beat the piece in the Times of London on Afghan General Suhaila Siddiq:
KABUL, Afghanistan %u2014 The general leans forward in the gathering gloom, her eyes glinting with anger, and delivers a surprise attack on an unexpected foreign enemy.
Not the Soviet Union for [...]
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