June 14, 2009

"Regatta, Regatta, Regatta"!

When I hear about the "cultural bias" that Sonia Sotomayor thinks caused her to have low scores in her law school entrance exams, I want to say, "Oh, yeah, regatta, regatta, regatta!" Apparently people believe that the word "Regatta" appears on the SAT tests, which is unfair to minorities. In fact, as Steve Sailer wrote in 1991, that word was removed during the Ford Administration.

"You've Got To Be Carefully Taught To Hate..."

Terry Teachout's list of Broadways shows includes a listing for a revival of South Pacific:

South Pacific (musical, G/PG-13, some sexual content, brilliantly staged but unsuitable for viewers acutely allergic to preachiness, reviewed here)

An excerpt from his excerpt of his review says