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integrity of the system is more important than the truth of one case.
Vibeke Norgaard Martin • 101 Things I Learned® in Law School
Anna Fels. “Should We All Take a Bit of Lithium?” The New York Times (Sept. 13, 2014).
Timothy Ferriss • Tools Of Titans: The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class Performers
Color blindness can be admirable, as when a governmental decision maker refuses to give in to local prejudices. But it can be perverse, for example, when it stands in the way of taking account of difference in order to help people in need. An extreme version of color blindness, seen in certain Supreme Court opinions today, holds that it is wrong
... See moreRichard Delgado, Jean Stefancic, Angela Harris (Foreword) • Critical Race Theory
rising death rates in middle-aged non-Hispanic white Americans who do not have college degrees, opening a debate about “deaths of despair”—suicide, drug use, and alcoholism—
Ethan Zuckerman • Mistrust: Why Losing Faith in Institutions Provides the Tools to Transform Them
Laughlin’s credo was simple: “To purify the breeding stock of the race at all costs.” As journalist Edwin Black notes in his 2003 book, War Against the Weak, Laughlin’s plan of attack was threefold: “sterilization, mass incarceration and sweeping immigration restrictions.” In furtherance of these goals, Laughlin created the imposingly named,
... See moreBill Bryson • One Summer
It may be true that strict punishment—rather than mere containment or rehabilitation—is necessary to prevent certain crimes. But punishing people purely for pragmatic reasons would be very different from the approach that we currently take.
Sam Harris • Free Will
Michelle Alexander in The New Jim Crow.
Ijeoma Oluo • So You Want to Talk About Race
Diane Ravitch in her magisterial review, The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice are Undermining Education.