A short written account of what one teacher has to deal with trying to teach adults English 101.

[ There Are Going to Be a Lot of F’s ]

The public agrees that immigrants work harder than most blacks at low-paying jobs, but the margin is not as wide as when the comparison is made with white workers; 56% of adults agree that most immigrants work harder than most blacks; 30% disagree and 14% say they don’t know.

Analyzing the responses to both sets of questions by the race of the respondent yields some interesting patterns. Blacks are even more likely than whites to say that their fellow blacks are out-worked by immigrants at low-wage jobs. Some 64% of blacks hold this view, compared with just 55% of whites.

There’s a simple explanation for whites not agreeing with the statement as much as blacks: they’re simply afraid to say what they believe for fear of feeling like, or being labeled, a racist. Blacks have immunity in this regard due to the fact that they’re talking about themselves, thus they are more free to say what they really think.

[ Immigrants Work Harder Than Blacks | Pew Research ]

The religious love to claim Einstein as their own. They do so because the misinterpret his remarks referring to nature as God, in a Spinoza-esque way. This recently-found letter of his should (hopefully) put the issue to rest.

Einstein was, by most accepted definitions, an atheist.

The word god is for me nothing more than the expression and product of human weakness, the Bible a collection of honourable, but still primitive legends which are nevertheless pretty childish.

For me the Jewish religion like all others is an incarnation of the most childish superstitions.

Thanks to Jason for the heads-up and Boing Boing for the story.

Bill O’Reilly going completely batshit crazy. No, really, don’t watch it at work. At least not with sound.

There’s nothing more to write; it’s all there in the title.

[ Obama and McCain With Different Voter Education Levels | gallup.com ]

Yeah, big shock here. It’s already been documented that the less education one has the more likely they are to vote for Clinton. And West Virginia votes for Clinton. Wow.

They’d never vote for a Muslim anyway.