Posts Tagged ‘study’

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Oct17

Your Monday morning hookup (10/17/11)

by Duane on October 17th, 2011 at 7:31 am
Posted In: Headlines

Another day, another dumb “study”

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Sep20

Does poverty contribute to crime?

by Duane on September 20th, 2011 at 7:15 am
Posted In: Headlines

I have long held the opinion that the lack of food, decent shelter, money, etc. is not the main contributor of people who commit crime. Could it be a factor? Yes. But by and large, people who commit crime do so because they want to.

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Aug03

Moving the goal posts on “wealth”

by Duane on August 3rd, 2011 at 7:01 am
Posted In: Economy

Prior to Obama, then president Clinton defined “wealthy” in this country as someone who makes at least $250,000 per year. As far as I knew, that applied to ALL Americans. So why am I seeing headlines this morning that are suggesting a lower number for Blacks?

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Mar04

Yup, clear as mud

by Duane on March 4th, 2011 at 5:52 pm
Posted In: Economy, Headlines, Junk science, Our Health

Good news…
March 4 (Bloomberg) — The U.S. jobless rate unexpectedly fell to 8.9 percent in February, the lowest in almost two years, and employers added 192,000 jobs in a sign of growing confidence in the recovery.

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May06

Web-Based Polls On Blacks Do Not Tell The Whole Story

by Duane on May 6th, 2010 at 10:10 am
Posted In: Commentary, Economy, Our Expression

Recently, I received a couple of e-mails from the Black news website theloop21.com. In it I was encouraged to tell readers of this site to have them participate in their “2010 Economic Survey of Black America”. I opted not to participate simply because asking such a small demographic of Black folks on such a broad [...]

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Feb16

Latest from the Obama Candy Store

by Duane on February 16th, 2009 at 1:39 am
Posted In: Just "Why?"

The latest trinket study from the Obama fan base.
Study Shows Obama’s Role Is Reducing Racism

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Dec17

Someone Pass This Along To HBCUs

by Duane on December 17th, 2008 at 3:34 pm
Posted In: Education, Headlines, Just "Why?", Should Be Slapped

Black students have been graduating from colleges for years. This especially is true within HBCUs as schools like Spelman and Morehouse are internationally-known for the stellar programs. Yet according to this study conducted by Ohio State University and Virginia Commonwealth University, Black kids are at a disadvantage when none of their roommates are [...]

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