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At night, Holland America’s Nieuw Amsterdam’s showroom hosts illusionists, concerto pianists, song and dance acts, and run-of-the-mill cruise entertainment. But it was during the day the real stage action occurred as the “O.N.T.P.’s of the Caribbean” (Original NeverTrump Pirates) sat on panels discussing what historically may have been the craziest election cycle of our lifetimes. The Weekly Standard’s post-election cruise included an impressive collection of conservative writers, editors, pundits, politicos, and a few non-Weekly Standard surprises.

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131007_DX_ScaliaIsMean.jpg.CROP.promo-mediumlargeThe whistles from both sides of the Olympic pool blew hard. The white clad referees each pointed to the defender in front of my son and held up the four fingers representing his number, and then pointed to the side. The player was done. Kicked out. The blood oozing from my sons nose was finally enough proof the other kid used his elbow too many times.

Not wanting to mollycoddle, but suitably concerned, I remained standing in my position, clapping and cheering him on as the teams went back to their respective corners. The coach checked on my son. This wasn’t just any game; they were deep into a qualifying tournament, just a feat to be there at all, which if they medaled would provide an invite to the Junior Olympics.

For the past few minutes the phone was furiously buzzing in my back pocket. It was Saturday afternoon. No business today, I thought, and left alone whatever was going on in the outside world.

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I have a few observations on the impact of the death of Justice Scalia. I welcome your comments on them. I am saddened that I was correct in predicting that the Left would engage in a vengeful grave dancing orgy over Justice Scalia’s death. Whether they realize it or not, their reaction is a stain […]

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Semi-Retired attorney, George and George, law partner is wife Judi, my specialty is Admiralty and Maritime Law, two sons, Jim and Brock, active in community affairs, especially Symphony and Opera, fanatical Blue Angels Fan, served in Strategic Air Command, USAF. Have become Floridians very recently--closer to the Gulf and the Gulf Breezes--and, last but not least, The Blue Angels!
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Judi and I are deeply saddened this afternoon upon learning of the death of this truly great man, who touched our lives, albeit briefly, as he touched so many lives all across the Nation, and the country has lost one of the great legal historians and scholars and bed rock adherents to the Doctrine of […]

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Contributor Post Created with Sketch. Mismatch Theory: Why a Movie Should Be Made about Prof. Richard Sander (Part 3)

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Tim Groseclose is an economics professor at George Mason University and the holder of the Adam Smith Chair at the Mercatus Center.  He has held previous faculty appointments at UCLA, Caltech, Stanford University, Ohio State University, Harvard University, and Carnegie Mellon University. He is the author of two recently published books, Left Turn: How Liberal Media Bias Distorts the American Mind, and Cheating: An Insider's Report on the Use of Race in Admissions at UCLA.
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This post is the third in a series on Prof. Richard Sander and the reaction to his Mismatch theory. You can read Part 1, Part 2, and Part 4 of this series at the links.

51ba5ZH-x8L._SX308_BO1,204,203,200_As I noted in Part 2 of this series, a slew of pro-affirmative-action law scholars wrote critiques of Sander’s work on Mismatch, the theory that if students are less prepared for a particular level of instruction—which occurs almost by design with affirmative action—then, not only do they make worse grades than their peers, they actually learn less than they would have learned if they had attended a less challenging school. All of these critiques, I believe, realized that the first and second regularities that Sander documented were solid. None even attempted to show contradictory data that could overturn them.

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Contributor Post Created with Sketch. Mismatch Theory: Why a Movie Should Be Made about Prof. Richard Sander (Part 2)

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Tim Groseclose is an economics professor at George Mason University and the holder of the Adam Smith Chair at the Mercatus Center.  He has held previous faculty appointments at UCLA, Caltech, Stanford University, Ohio State University, Harvard University, and Carnegie Mellon University. He is the author of two recently published books, Left Turn: How Liberal Media Bias Distorts the American Mind, and Cheating: An Insider's Report on the Use of Race in Admissions at UCLA.
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This post is the second in a series on Prof. Richard Sander and the reaction to his Mismatch theory. You can read Part 1, Part 3, and Part 4 of this series at the links.

51ba5ZH-x8L._SX308_BO1,204,203,200_As I noted in Part 1, Sander noticed an overlap with what economist Thomas Sowell called the “mismatch” effect. If students are less prepared for a particular level of instruction—which occurs almost by design with affirmative action—then, not only do they make worse grades than their peers, they actually learn less than they would have learned if they had attended a less challenging school.

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Contributor Post Created with Sketch. Mismatch Theory: Why a Movie Should Be Made about Prof. Richard Sander (Part 1)

Tim Groseclose
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Tim Groseclose is an economics professor at George Mason University and the holder of the Adam Smith Chair at the Mercatus Center.  He has held previous faculty appointments at UCLA, Caltech, Stanford University, Ohio State University, Harvard University, and Carnegie Mellon University. He is the author of two recently published books, Left Turn: How Liberal Media Bias Distorts the American Mind, and Cheating: An Insider's Report on the Use of Race in Admissions at UCLA.
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This post is the first in a series of four posts on Prof. Richard Sander and the reaction to his Mismatch theory. You can read Part 2 here.

"Does Affirmative Action Hurt Those it Intends to Help?, lecture by Richard H. Sander, Professor of Law, UCLA held at Love Auditorium. Co-sponsored by The Institute for Philosophy, Politics, & Economics; The Center for Freedom & Western Civilization; and The Sio Chair.Recently, Justice Scalia made the news with some comments about the Supreme Court’s “Fisher” case. Specifically, he noted:

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