10.28.06

The Surprise Is Where?

Posted in education at 5:51 pm by kevin

Umm… and? Is anyone really deeply shocked that business students have a higher rate of academic dishonesty than, say, political scientists?

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10.21.06

Sentencing

Posted in politics at 11:02 am by kevin

Two articles (well, one column and one article) from a few weeks ago have put sentencing (federal sentencing in particular, but much of the analysis applies to states) in stark relief:

Chaos in Sentencing

Cook the Books, Get Life in Prison: Is Justice Served?

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Conversions In India

Posted in religion, politics at 9:37 am by kevin

Dalits in conversion ceremony

In essence, growing numbers of India’s “untouchables” are figuring out that Hinduism isn’t really too hot for them. The most interesting part, though, comes in the last section, which talks about various states’ reactions to Dalit conversions:

The states of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Tamil Nadu have all passed laws restricting conversions.

Gujarat has reclassified Buddhism and Jainism as branches of the Hindu religion, in an attempt to prevent conversions away from Hinduism eroding the BJP’s bedrock support.

This, of course, follows the time-honored political tradition of redefining defeat as victory.

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