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50 Things a Man Should Be Able To Do Friday, July 23, 2010, 8:00 AM Joe Carter [Note: Every Friday on First Thoughts we host a discussion about some aspect of pop culture. Today’s theme is "Renaissance Man" lists. Have a suggestion for a topic? Send them to me at jcarter@firstthings.com.] Every man does not need to know how to tie a bow tie. Let’s get that clear up front. I don’t know why it is on every “Things a Man Should Know How to Do” list but it’s simply not true. If you have a reason to wear a...

ATLANTA, Ga. — Investigators blame last month’s deadly Atlanta courthouse shooting on a series of mistakes and missteps. But some affirmative action critics say it boils down to the fact that there was a woman deputy escorting accused gunman Brian Nichols. “You have a female officer who is about 5 feet 2 inches tall, versus a criminal in this case — a former linebacker who is 6 feet tall,” said John Lott, a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, a think tank in Washington. Those in favor of affirmative action — the policy of hiring and recruiting with the...

Male officers are far more likely than female officers to get entangled in police brutality cases, according to an advocacy group dismayed by a recent drop in the number of women in police jobs. Women comprise 12.7 percent of the personnel in large police departments, yet account for only 2 percent of the cases in which a complaint of excessive force is upheld, the National Center for Women and Policing said. The center's new report, analyzing the gender of officers involved in brutality cases, was released as the group opened its national conference Wednesday in Washington. Organizers said the findings...