RealClearInvestigations' Picks of the Week
Nov. 4 toNov. 10 Featured Investigation Sometimes a well-sourced claim will challengeso many fundamental assumptions that it also seems hard to believe. Such is the case with the latest article by Warren Farrell, a former feminist turned men's rights champion who has published seven books. This article challenges the seemingly obvious truth that men are more aggressive in personal relationships than women. Farrell reports: When a recentCanadian study of about 30,000 studentsbetween 7thand 12thgrade found that moreboysthan girls were victims of physical dating violence, the reaction was one of disbelief. Accusations of male sexual harassment were exploding from the university campuses to the boardrooms of Fortune 500 companies, begetting the #MeToo movement. … In the past 38 years, more than 270 studies, with an aggregate sample size of more than 440,000, have found that "women are as physically aggressive, or more aggressive, than men in their relationships with their spouses or male partners" from teenage years on. Since studies of teen dating violence began in the eighties, researchers have found that female high school students are four times as likely as male high school students to be the sole abuser of the other sex (5.7% vs. 1.4%). … Among all populations, most violence was mutual. But when it was unilateral, it was more likely to have been initiated by the woman. For example, ina study of over 500 university students, women were three times as likely (9% vs. 3%) to have initiated unilateral violence. Read Full Article The Trump Investigations: 2018 Election Edition For New Democratic House, Big To-Do List of Trump Probes, Mother Jones
Trump Ousts Sessions, Putting Mueller Inquiry in Doubt, New York Times
Mueller's New Boss Declared ‘No Collusion' With Russia, Daily Beast
Trump's Tax Returns Already in Dem Crosshairs, Washington Examiner
New Dem Chairman Talks ofKavanaughImpeachment, The Federalist
Trump Played Central Role in Daniels, McDougal Payoffs, Wall Street Journal
The 2018 Midterms: Disputed Aftermaths Arizona GOP Alleges Fraud in Senate Balloting, Washington Free Beacon
Déjà Vu in Florida as Recounts Loom, New York Times
The Checkered History of Broward's Election Division, Washington Examiner
Other Noteworthy Articles and Series The Grassley Report's Key Findings on Kavanaugh Accusers
Federalist
A 400-page Senate Judiciary report released this week raises further questions about the sexual misconduct charges lodged against Justice Brett Kavanaugh during his confirmation hearings. There were numerous contradictions and inconsistencies in the story offered by one of Kavanaugh's main accusers, ChristineBlaseyFord. And no evidence was found to corroborate the allegations of three other accusers, one of whom admitted making her story up. The report also includes the statements of two men who described encounters similar to the one Ford recalled, albeit with it being consensual. Arkansas: The 'Internal Rot' of Little Rock's Bad Cops
Washington Post
The shooting death of a young black man by police officer who had lied about his connection to the Ku Klux Klan triggered this investigation into the Little Rock Police Department. A review of personnel records, emails and court cases dating back to 2007 "suggests a department plagued by nepotism, cronyism and racism — both blatant and subtle." It found that misconduct investigations are often sloppy and that department leaders exercise little supervision over officers on the street. Even the few officers who are fired often get their jobs back through the city's Civil Service Commission, usually with the help of the police union. Acting AG Was Part of Invention Scam Company
Miami New Times
The newly named Acting Attorney General, Mark Whitaker, once sat on the board of a Miami-based invention-marketing company that the Federal Trade Commission shut down last year after calling it a scam. Whitaker also sent a threatening email to a former customer of World Patent Marketing who had complained after he spent thousands of dollars and did not receive the promised services. Climate Skepticism Creeping Into Science Classrooms
Undark
Some Florida conservatives have found a new way to challenge climate change:a law passed last year that allows resident to demand a public hearing on local school textbooks. It is part of a longstanding trend, heightened during these particularly partisan times, between citizens who want control of their children's education and educators who claim scientific authority. After Catastrophic Losses, Dairy Farms Are Closing
Des Moines Register
Tumbling commodity pricesand high production costsare devastating America'sdairy producers.The industry has faced losses since hitting highs in 2014, forcing some dairy producers out through foreclosure.Wisconsin, the nation's second-largest milk producer with 8,304 farms, had 634 fewer dairy farms in October than a year ago, data show. Over the past two years, the state has lost a total of 1,100 dairies. Iowa, the nation's 10th-largest milk producer with 1,150 dairy farms, has lost about 80 this year. The Midwest dairy industry typically loses about 3 to 5 percent of its farms naturally. The rate is now around 6 or 7 percent. Chinese 'Gait Recognition' Tech IDs People Walking Their Walk
Associated Press
Chinese authorities have begun deploying a new surveillance tool: "gait recognition" software that uses people's body shapes and how they walk to identify them, even when their faces are hidden from cameras.Already used by police on the streets of Beijing and Shanghai, "gait recognition" is part of a push across China to develop artificial-intelligence and data-driven surveillance that is raising concern about how far the technology will go. Concussion Fears Fuel Struggle to Fill HS Football Rosters
New York Times
Football remains the nation's most popular sport for boys ages 14 to 17 but since 2009, when a record 1.14 million athletes participated in11-playerhigh school football, interest has fallen. The sport drew 1.03 million participants in 2017. The primary reason is the growing concern about headinjuries,many coaches and administrators said.In response, schools are embracing efforts to make football safer and more inviting, including less hitting in practices and the use of soft-shell helmet covers called Guardian Caps, which are intended to decrease the risk of head injuries. |
