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Interview

An Interview with Jason Riley

BM: You’ve written a lot on social welfare and how it pertains to race and the problems associated with it. At heart, what is the bulk of the problem? Is it with the structure of the laws themselves or is it with their implementation? JR: I think the biggest problem is the incentives that have been put in place in the name of helping. They have been counterproductive and I’m speaking specifically of the government efforts that began in earnest with the Great Society Programs of the 1960’s. If you look at what has happened to the black family since then in terms of illegitimacy rates, in terms of crime rates, in terms of incarceration rates, even in terms of poverty you see that the government's efforts to help have not done so. (more…)

Full Interview with Professor Carlos Eire

[Full Transcript Below] Interview with Carlos Eire January 28, 2015 Conducted by Benjamin Marrow BM: As you know the Obama administration opened up relations with Cuba in december—what do you think the purpose was behind this move? CE: The purpose behind the move is for the man in the white house to make special claims for himself. That’s the real reason. Purely personal. And ideological because he’s the type of thinker who comes from a place in the political spectrum that has always thought there is something nice about the Cuban Revolution. (more…)

Full Interview with Dr. Christina Hoff Sommers

[Full Transcript Below] Interview with Christina Hoff Sommers January 23, 2015 Conducted by Joshua Altman JA: Dr. Sommers, thank you so much for sitting down with me today. My first question is about a phrase you often use, “equity feminism.” To distill it, the idea is that the metric of equality between men and women is determined by opportunity, freedoms, and choice. There are some women who may critique this theory along the lines that it encourages women to become more like men or it may squander certain uniquely feminine characteristics or attitudes. How would you respond to such critics? (more…)