Slim Pickin’s 10/19/11

Education, Family 1 Minute
  1. Single-sex education.
  2. A provincial and imperious NYT editorial.

(It’s hard to find time to blog on Monday due to schedule oddities. This week, I did okay, but it caught up with me Tuesday. Enjoy the slim pickin’s.)

1

The New York Times has a “room for debate” exchange on single-sex education Tuesday.

As a proponent of educational diversity, I start with a presumption that single-sex schools are a legitimate choice. The opponents – who seemed to start with a “brain structure” straw man – did not change my mind.

2

Now what do you suppose the New York Times editorial board would call a “mean-spirited constitutional affront”? Why, the Defense of Marriage Act, of course!

Lawyer maxim:

  • When the law is on your side, argue the law.
  • When the facts are on your side, argue the facts.
  • When neither the law nor the facts is on your side, shout down the other side.

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Bon appetit!

To save time on preparing this blog, which some days consumes way too much time, I’ve asked some guy named @RogerWmBennett (weird name) to Tweet a lot of links about which I have little or nothing to add. Check the “Latest Tweets” in the upper right pane or follow him on Twitter.

I also have some succinct standing advice on recurring themes. Maybe if I link to it, I’ll blog less obsessively about it.

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