“The racial categories that the schools use are completely bonkers, an arbitrary mess mostly left over from the work of federal bureaucrats in the 1970s that can’t withstand the slightest scrutiny. The administrators who rely on these categories are beholden to senseless and unscientific distinctions—they aren’t even competent or rational racialists. Justice Samuel Alito raised this issue in the arguments, pretty clearly relying on the work of George Mason University professor David Bernst...

A call for the separation of race and state, backed by a deep dive into the surreal world of racial classification in America.Americans are understandably squeamish about official racial and ethnic classifications. Nevertheless, they are ubiquitous in American life. Applying for a job, mortgage, university admission, citizenship, government contracts, and much more involves checking a box stating whether one is Black, White, Asian, Hispanic, or Native American....

In Lawless, George Mason University law professor David E. Bernstein provides a lively, scholarly account of how the Obama administration has undermined the Constitution and the rule of law.Lawless documents how President Barack Obama has presided over one constitutional debacle after another-Obamacare; unauthorized wars in the Middle East; attempts to strip property owners, college students, religious groups, and conservative political activists of their rights; ...

In Only One Place of Redress David E. Bernstein offers a bold reinterpretation of American legal history: he argues that American labor and occupational laws, enacted by state and federal governments after the Civil War and into the twentieth century, benefited dominant groups in society to the detriment of those who lacked political power. Both intentionally and incidentally, claims Bernstein, these laws restricted in particular the job mobility and economic opportunity of blacks...

"Popular Books on Natural Science" by Aaron David Bernstein is a compelling exploration of the intersection between literature and the natural sciences. Bernstein delves into how popular science books have shaped public understanding of complex scientific concepts. He highlights key works that have made significant impacts, emphasizing the importance of accessible writing in fostering a love for science among readers. Through engaging narratives, Bernstein illustrates how these books serve...

Leonard Bernstein, Mel Brooks, Betty Friedan, and Norman Mailer. Brilliant, brash, yet soulful, they were 100 percent Jewish and 100 percent American. They upended the restrained culture of their forebears and changed American life.They worked in different fields, and, apart from clinking glasses at parties now and then, they hardly knew one another. But they shared a historical moment and a common temperament. For all four, their Jewish heritage was electrified by...

Only he can stop the gates of Hell from opening wide.John Crawford wasn't able to deal with the pain and took the easy way out. At least he thought he did. Instead, he's been offered a deal by a nightmarish creature and given a second chance at life. But he's no longer human. And he's been assigned an impossible task. He must kill a demon before it opens the gates of Hell and brings about the apocalypse. If John succeeds, the human race will be safe and he can become human again. I...

Table of Contents:IntroductionBuilding Your CasePerformanceOpening StatementDirect ExaminationCross Examination: AttorneysCross Examination: WitnessesClosing ArgumentBefore the Judges ArrivePretrial MattersPretrial ArgumentsTeam ScoresOther RolesObjectionsRules of EvidenceGeneral Tournament TipsAdvice ...

Amber had been looking forward to college life. She loved high school and was certain college would be even better, especially since she pledged one of the sororities on campus. At least that was what she thought until the night her soul was fractured, waking the darkness within her. Unable to cope, she returns home, hoping to heal.Unfortunately, her hometown is wrought with brutal violence. People are being slaughtered in random fashion. The police are clueless. Despite the surrou...

People are living longer.Life expectancy has doubled in the last two hundred years.We expect the number of centenarians to be over 200,000 in the next ten years.Those living into their eighties and nineties will be common.Over the next ten years, it is possible that 30 percent of the population will be retired adults above the age of sixty-five.Increasing longevity and aging has its positives and negatives. It is desirable to see that people are livi...

The Southern Pacific Railroad and its predecessors served Texas from 1853 to 1996. Stretching from El Paso to the Louisiana border and from the Rio Grande Valley to the Red River, Southern Pacific opened up vast areas of the state to settlement by transporting people, building materials, and livestock. The railroad fueled Texas�s economy by moving oil, timber, agricultural commodities, coal, automobiles, petrochemicals, cement, steel, consumer goods, and myriad other products. It hauled th...

In "Popular Books on Natural Science," Aaron David Bernstein offers an engaging exploration of the intersection between scientific inquiry and public understanding. Through a meticulous analysis of seminal and contemporary works in natural science literature, Bernstein examines how these texts shape our perception of the natural world and influence scientific literacy. His scholarly approach is both accessible and reminiscent of early 20th-century science communicators, employing a clear n...