Daily Archives: June 26, 2002

More on the gender gap numbers

Posted on June 26, 2002 by Charles Kuffner

More on the gender gap numbers Atrios notes that one of his commenters has pointed out that the real driver behind the college gender gap is the larger discrepancy among nonwhite students. Unfortunately, that doesn’t make very much difference. If … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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The college gender gap

Posted on June 26, 2002 by Charles Kuffner

The college gender gap Fritz Schranck finds Instant Man’s reaction to this article about the gender gap in American universities surprising. I confess that I’ve never been all that impressed with Reynolds, so I’m not that surprised. Is Reynolds unaware … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Deformed frogs update

Posted on June 26, 2002 by Charles Kuffner

Alert reader (I’ve always wanted to say that) Frank writes in to say that he recalled seeing news articles about bacteria being a cause of the rash of deformed frogs. I did a little more Googling, and found that bacteria … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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First view of the Women of Enron

Posted on June 26, 2002 by Charles Kuffner

First view of the Women of Enron Via the Chron, which at least had the decency to not do any dime store moralizing as it was gleefully exploiting the story and snapping color photos. This Enron model highlights one of … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Pledge of Allegiance unconstitutional

Posted on June 26, 2002 by Charles Kuffner

So says the 9th Circuit US Court of Appeals, in ruling that the phrase “under God” violates the Establishment Clause. “A profession that we are a nation ‘under God’ is identical, for Establishment Clause purposes, to a profession that we … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Perry v. Sanchez, round 1 of many

Posted on June 26, 2002 by Charles Kuffner

Perry v. Sanchez, round 1 of many Governor Goodhair and Tony Sanchez went at it during their first joint campaign appearance. I found this bit amusing: But the Republican governor rebuked Sanchez for claiming that he could use businesslike efficiency … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Yao will join the Rockets

Posted on June 26, 2002 by Charles Kuffner

Looks like the path has been cleared for the Rockets to draft Yao Ming. Here’s a statement from the Rockets web page: Rockets general counsel Michael Goldberg issued the following statement today: “I received a letter early this morning from … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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