August 15, 2009

Not Wanted: Young American Baseball Players

Joe Guzzardi has made a specialty of chronicling the impact of immigration on the sport of Baseball, and I am reluctant to trespass on his territory. But today, The Wall Street Journal produced a classic.

Who Gets The "Affordable Housing?"

For years, I've been reading about deals where the government forces real estate developers to sell a certain percentage of lower priced units. Somewhat similarly, the Obama Administration recently forced Westchester County outside of NYC to buy or build "affordable housing" for minorities:

Tangled Up in Blue

A commenter points to this AP news story:

Which <i>Sex </i>Was Most Responsible For The Mortgage Meltdown?

Christopher Caldwell, author of Reflections on the Revolution in Europe: Immigration, Islam, and the West has a pretty good essay in Time Magazine called "The Pink Recovery:"

One thing that seems bound to change is the relationship between the sexes. Since the recession began in December 2007, the vast majority of the lost jobs have belonged to men. ...

SPLC's Mark Potok Gets Some Megablogger Attention

Instapundit points to this item by Confederate Yankee:

Source of All Reports that Radical Hate Groups Are Forming on the Right is ONE GUY...

...who is a radical left wing former journalist and Huffington Post blogger, at that.