September 9, 2009

Unlicensed Illegal Alien Driver Killed Two, Gets Eight Years

imageI held off on posting this, hoping to find a better photo of the victims, Dan and Maureen McKenzie, who were killed by an unlicensed illegal alien driver; what's showing is a screen snap from a tiny video on this page: Illegal Immigrant Gets 8-Year Sentence For Double Fatal York Co. Crash (WSOC TV, Charlotte, September 2, 2009).

Francis Galton's "Hereditary Genius"

I'm rereading Francis Galton's 1869 book Hereditary Genius, which argues for the heritability of ability (he wrote in 1892 that he should have named it Hereditary Ability). From a glass-half-full perspective, it's certainly impressive. The novelty of so much of the reasoning in it is extraordinary.

A Thought Experiment - and a little hope

Still digesting the information that the leftist Pro Publica new story incubation outfit is getting $10,000,000 a year from Minority Mortgage Meltdown beneficiaries Herb and Marion Sandler (see

Human Events vs. Pat Buchanan