America owes a lot to progressives. If not for progressives, women wouldn’t be allowed to own property, vote or possibly even drive. If not for progressives, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act would never have passed in 1964. If not for progressives, white males might be the only attendees at our nation’s colleges and…
Continue ReadingAuthor: Elliott
Elliott Andrews is an observer and a seeker. He feels that humans rely too much on emotion at this phase of our evolution and that logic is underutilized in personal and political discourse.
Some thoughts on Privilege
Privilege (n) a special right, advantage, or immunity granted or available only to a particular person or group. We recognize our own privilege when the term is used in the positive: You would like for me to speak at the Fall Conference? It would be my privilege. I had the privilege of meeting Dizzy Gillespie…
Continue ReadingLogic and the Southern Border
The current border debate is confusing. Especially since the people who are most passionate about it seem to be on the opposite side of the debate from what logic might dictate. Democrats typically favor some form of open borders allowing thousands of people from Mexico, Central and South America to enter the U.S. each month….
Continue ReadingLogic and the Climate Change Debate
There is perhaps no issue that is more politicized than human influences on climate change. COVID-19 might be a close second. In most surveys I’ve seen, the number of people who believe the concept of global warming is a complete hoax is usually around 18%, almost 1 in 5. I wanted to learn more about…
Continue ReadingConstructs and Religions
In a previous blog entitled Logic and Human Constructs, we discussed the uniquely human ability and tendency to create explanations for things that we observe, especially when we are able to link observations in a cause-and-effect manner. For example, a child living on a farm in a rural area may conclude that a rooster crowing…
Continue ReadingConstructs and Systemic Racism
Some friends and I were engaged in a conversation about police shootings of unarmed black males that were leading to protests and in some cases, riots. I brought up a scenario I had read about where the police officer who fired the fatal shot was black, the police chief of that city was black, the…
Continue ReadingWhy Jalen Rose is Right
The members of the US Olympic men’s basketball team to compete in the upcoming Tokyo Olympics were announced on June 28, 2021. Only one of the selected members of the team, Kevin Love of the Cleveland Cavaliers, is white. Jalen Rose, a former NBA player and current ESPN commentator, said the following on his radio…
Continue ReadingThe Wealth Gap: Income
A 2018 study published by the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland looked at a variety of possible causes of the stubborn wealth gap between white Americans and African-Americans including generational wealth, home ownership and investment returns. They determined the most influential cause of the wealth gap is the income gap. We looked at some ways…
Continue ReadingThe Wealth Gap: Education Part 2
In the previous blog we discussed how expanding school choice in primary and secondary schools might lead to better educational outcomes for African American students, leading eventually to better career outcomes. The next step is to look at training after high school. Of course our society needs more black CEOs and doctors, so ensuring that…
Continue ReadingThe Wealth Gap: Education Part 1
There is no question that the wealth gap between white Americans and African-Americans has remained stubbornly consistent since 1960. Even with all of the Civil Rights legislation that has passed including the Civil Rights Acts of 1964, 1968 and 1991, which outlawed discrimination based on color and race in employment, strengthened voting rights, desegregated schools,…
Continue Reading