https://freerepublic.com/tag/jamesflynn/ en-us Wed, 16 Dec 2020 15:53:32 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3916020/posts This cruelest of years has claimed the life of another consequential scholar whose passing warrants some reflection. James Flynn, who died last week at 86, was an American social scientist born in Washington and educated at the University of Chicago. He spent most of his academic career on the other side of the planet, at the University of Otago in southern New Zealand. Flynn specialized in the study of mental tests and human intelligence, and he distinguished himself by bringing far more light than heat to this fraught debate. Many earlier researchers of group differences in mental performance were convinced... Wall Street Journal https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3916020/posts#comment Wed, 16 Dec 2020 15:53:32 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2526031/posts Glenn Beck opened his show today with Andrew Breitbart in studio. They kicked it off talking about Israel. If you're not paying attention to what's happenng there, you'd better start. Breitbart brought up Code Pink's involvement as terrorist-supporting agitprop creators over there. The same type of agitprop goons who recently stormed a bank executive's home. He linked it with the tactics that are used by the SEIU -- the beating of Tea Party participant Kenneth Gladney. He said if it hadn't been for Nina Easton reporting on the Bank of America mob scene, no one would have known about it.... The Radio Patriot https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2526031/posts#comment Wed, 2 Jun 2010 14:44:07 GMT