The American Spectator

It matters very much. When the IQ of a continent is 70, there is no chance whatever that continent will ever join the eighteenth century. Raising questions about tests is only going to distract us away from any improvement in their situations. No test exists that does not show a substantial deficit in intelligence. My brother, who is married to a West African and has substantial experience there, unhappily confirms the truth of this.

p>I believe there is some passage in the New and Improved-Testament about the meek inheriting. You can certainly make a good case that we smart boys are going to wipe each other out. Nobody is going to be nuking Africa. I don’t know if that represents an improvement for their station or not. Hard to say. br> — James Wilson /p>

Mason and Felder wrote: “A basic tenet of the role science has in a free society is that the government does not direct science or instruct scientists where their quests must lead; that scientists are free to explore and search for truth, whether that truth is convenient, politically correct, contradicts government policy, or runs contrary to the sentiments of the day. Truth is truth, whether you like it or not and agree with its existence.”

p>This is not the standard of the Bush administration on several issues. br> — Mike Roush br> North Carolina /p> p> THE CAMEL’S NOSEBLEED br> Re: Peter Hannaford’s The Camel’s Nosebleed