Ricochet Podcast #32: Mark Steyn Returns
Blue Yeti ·
Sep 3, 2010 at 11:19am
Mark Steyn returns. Need we say more? Ok, we will: we cover GZM, Bridget Bardot, Obama's speech, expectations for this fall, The Dambusters, Michele Rhee, the Beck rally, and we try to get to the bottom of where Mark's been the past few months. You'll just have to listen to hear the answer.
Get your hot links here:
- The NYT GZM Poll is here
- The Dambusters on IMDB. View the trailer and the AMEX commercial (H/T Ed Driscoll).
- Shelby Steele's Ricochet post on The State of Black America
- Michelle Rhee's Wikipedia entry
- Emily Esfahani Smith's Ricochet post on the Glenn Beck rally
- Claire Berlinski's post on Ricochet and the ensuing debate on banning the burqa
Music from this week's episode:
- Wake Up by Arcade Fire
- The Best Is Yet To Come by Frank Sinatra
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Aug '10
Re: Ricochet Podcast #32: Mark Steyn Returns
During the podcast you correctly quoted Shelby Steele stating that "Black students did better on their SAT exams in 1990 then they did ten years later." Unfortunately, you wrongly concluded from this that "its getting worse not better." In fact, the lower average score is a result of a much higher percentage of the black population taking SAT exams ten years later. In 2009, about 40 percent of the SAT exam takers were minorities while that percentage was only 30 percent in 1999, and about 20 percent in 1990. More high school graduates are going to college than ever before, more of them are minorities, and more of the minorities are blacks. The lower average score does not indicate that "its getting worse . . . ." Be very careful what you conclude from any statistical measures of educational effectiveness.
In my opinion, the biggest barrier to improving public education in American is intrusive state and federal legislatures comprised of people who believe they know more about how to run schools than local school boards. The second biggest barrier is the presence of teachers unions that make it very difficult to encourage ineffective teachers to pursue other careers.
May '10
Re: Ricochet Podcast #32: Mark Steyn Returns
Shelby Steele is a towering intellect. Would love to hear a conversation with Mr. Steele, Thomas Sowell and Walter Williams on a Ricochet podcast together and/or seperately. Now that would be a brain bank for the ages.
Aug '10
Re: Ricochet Podcast #32: Mark Steyn Returns
Being new to Ricochet, I stayed up late one night listening to the podcast where Goldberg and others talked about Ferengi. I was instantly hooked of course, and proceeded to download several podcasts to my iPhone for an upcoming road trip. Let me tell you, those podcasts were a godsend as they kept me awake driving 2400 miles to Idaho and back taking my son to college. Very, very entertaining and of course the ones with Steyn were EXCELLENT! Keep up the good work, boys and girls. I look forward to my next road trip...
Re: Ricochet Podcast #32: Mark Steyn Returns
Welcome, Frozen Chosen. The Blue Yeti himself has recently driven from L.A. to Idaho and back with nothing but the Ricochet Podcast for entertainment. Well, not nothing. I also had album of Rob Long's Led Zeppelin covers. Not recommended.
Be sure and check out this week's episode. Jonah is back and along with Pat Sajak. Highly recommended.
Edited on Sep 9, 2010 at 4:24pm