Shatner Hasselhoff ‘08

They'd do just as good of a job as anyone else.

I read this article about Ten Myths in America the other day and I thought it was pretty good and very interesting. So I thought I'd post it here and share it with my six readers.

Here are some notable bits:

If women truly did earn 20% less for doing exactly the same job as a man, any non-sexist CEO could thrash his competition by hiring only women, thus saving 20% on employee salaries relative to his competitors. Women entrepreneurs could hire women and out-compete any male-dominated business, but we don't see this happening. Individual cases of discrimination may exist, but it cannot possibly be a universal norm in a profit-driven economy.

if Whites are the reason that Blacks still earn less than Whites in 2008, is it not fair to point out that Whites created a system where immigrants from poor countries like India, China, and VietNam can come to America and do so well that they surpass their White hosts, economically? Fair is fair. If Black poverty is due to Whites, then Asian success is also due to Whites. If this is not acceptable, than the only other explanation is that each group's outcome is primarily due to their own actions, rather than the invisible hand of the white majority.

There's lots more logical discourse on other topics of interest, so check it out.

I've recently started using google reader to keep up on a lot of blogs I enjoy. I like being notified of new updates to to the sites I read. I also like being able to 'share' posts I like and have them display on the left sidebar of this site. However I have noticed that when I read articles in reader I am less likely to read comment threads or leave comments of my own. I generally love reading comments and leaving them on blogs, but I feel like I do much less of it since I started using an RSS reader. Anyone have a similar experience?