![]() ![]() The assertion by “social justice” types that black people are doomed by systemic racism is provably false however much harm anyone may suffer from racism (“systemic” or otherwise), this harm can’t explain such phenomena as the blight of violence and failure affecting the black community in Chicago, Philadelphia, Baltimore, etc. Dao went viral by making arguments best articulated by Charles Murray in his 1984 book Losing Ground, i.e., that long-term poverty is closely linked to certain behaviors and that, merely by avoiding these behaviors, anyone in America has a 97% chance of avoiding poverty. Whatever our hereditary traits may be, people are neither doomed to failure nor guaranteed success merely by their genetics. Last night on The Other Podcast, we were discussing my post about how Vince Dao wrecked liberals’ minds by denying genetic determinism. Intelligence is also coded into my son’s DNA, but that unmistakable McCain arrogance? Is it nature or nurture? ![]() “Yeah, I’m better than those schmucks,” my son replied when I told him why I was asking. The largest decline in law school applications, it seems, are from students with not-quite-Ivy-caliber scores. The reason I asked was because of a headline at Instapundit, “Two-Thirds Through The Fall 2023 Law School Admissions Season: Applicants Are Down -3.5%, With Biggest Decline (-7%) In The 165-169 LSAT Band.” I was trying to figure out what this meant. Last week I texted him, “What did you score on the LSAT?” He answered 170 which, really, is Ivy League caliber, but instead he accepted a generous scholarship offer from a law school in the Midwest and is now in his second semester. In addition to being handsome, my son Jefferson is also very smart. ![]()
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