What, oh, what could be the subtle factors driving residents of the U.S. to enlist in ISIS? The New York Times offers a study of the diverse factors behind would-be ISIS terrorists: On the other hand, what percentage of the Islamic State's recruits were Islamic just doesn't seem to come up. Why would you ask... Read More

From the New York Times: MacArthur ‘Genius Grant’ Winners for 2015 Are Announced By ROBIN POGREBIN SEPT. 29, 2015 ... Ta-Nehisi Coates, author of the best-selling nonfiction book “Between the World and Me,� was at home in his Paris apartment when the call came. “I wished I could be cool,�** Mr. Coates said in a... Read More

Who could have guessed? Breaking news in the New York Times: Nationwide, according to the 2011 Obama Administration study "Homicide Trends in the United States, 1980-2008," blacks were almost eight times more likely to be homicide offenders. But, of course, noticing patterns and looking for simple explanations runs afoul of that