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There are some good counter points at http://facultyoflanguage.blogspot.ca/?m=1 it is an interesting discussion and not as damning as the Economist article wants to imply.

Why not sketch out the picture in a little more detail than he did (he wasted entire paragraphs on veiled insults anyway) and refer the kid to a better source?

So what? There are some barriers, implicit and explicit, that are perfectly appropriate. Some of them serve a higher purpose, like reinforcing gender archetypes and standards of be…

It used to be common knowledge that men and women were different, and that they generally were inclined towards different kinds of pursuits and had different interests, in general.…

It depends. If you consider political experience (especially extensive political experience) to be a marker of corruption and ingrained hypocrisy, political inexperience can look g…

>If you still voted for him, you either liked that sort of blatant Nixon southern strategy 2.0 type of bigotry; or you're dismissive of it as a problematic attribute in a leader fo…

Nobody ever said that the memo was perfectly conceived or written. If you're saying he overstated his case in the passage you quoted I would probably agree. But the standard for in…

You don't have to show that Google is actually succeeding in it's efforts to bring in "diversity" and equalize representation among it's workforce to match the general population t…

The idea that only professional politicians should be admitted to office would've incensed the left 10 years ago. These days, because Trump made it in instead of say, Jon Stewart, …

If those are the only variables, logic would say yes.

What's the problem with scrutiny? If these policies are based on premises that aren't true, wouldn't it be better to discard them in favor of policies that are based on premises th…

Regardless of what you think about Trump, he distinguished himself enough from the rest of the field that he became the only viable choice for enough people at the right stages to …

In what way is it dumb if the alternatives looked even worse?

Feelings have nothing to do with it. Maybe it is actually the case that some people were given an unfair advantage in the hiring process and don't belong there. The way to examine …

So he went out of his way to make it clear that he's not referring to individuals when he talks about averages and you still take it personally. What would be good enough for you, …

Grow up. That telling the truth may help your enemies means that there is something wrong with your position, not that you should eliminate the messenger. This is a basic life less…

The kind of soft discrimination that you're complaining about is a fact of life. Any industry who's life blood consists of relatively immature young men is going to have this kind …

So what? I feel an "alienating atmosphere" at snooty high end boutique art galleries where people sip Champagne and talk about the nebulous genius it took for someone to throw fece…