{"id":586,"date":"2011-07-11T03:00:18","date_gmt":"2011-07-11T07:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/community\/philosophicalfragments\/?p=586"},"modified":"2011-07-11T03:00:18","modified_gmt":"2011-07-11T07:00:18","slug":"morning-report-the-world-cup-women-more-on-casey-anthony-palin-bachmann-and-the-vanishing-black-middle-class","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/philosophicalfragments\/2011\/07\/11\/morning-report-the-world-cup-women-more-on-casey-anthony-palin-bachmann-and-the-vanishing-black-middle-class\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning Report: The World Cup Women, More on Casey Anthony, Palin, Bachmann, and the Vanishing Black Middle Class"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Palate Cleanser<\/strong>: If you missed it, check out the US women\u2019s astonishing win<\/a> over Brazil in the quarterfinals of the FIFA World Cup.<\/p>\n

In the News<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. \u00a0If you haven\u2019t been following the twists and turns of the budget and debt-ceiling debate, now might be the time, as we\u2019re entering the final stretch. \u00a0Get caught up here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

2. \u00a0Alan Dershowitz explains why \u201cThe System Worked<\/a>\u201d in the Casey Anthony trial. \u00a0An important part:<\/p>\n

The verdict in the Casey Anthony case reflected the lack of forensic evidence and heavy reliance on circumstantial inferences. There was no evidence of a cause of death, the time of death, or the circumstances surrounding the actual death of this young girl. There was sufficient circumstantial evidence from which the jury could have inferred homicide. But a reasonable jury could also have rejected that conclusion, as this jury apparently did. There are hundreds of defendants now in prison, some even on death row, based on less persuasive evidence than was presented in this case.<\/p>\n

Juries are not computers. They are composed of human beings who evaluate evidence differently. The prosecutors in this case did the best they could with the evidence they had, though I believe they made a serious mistake in charging Casey Anthony with capital murder and introducing questionable evidence, such as that relating to the \u201csmell of death\u201d inside the trunk of Casey Anthony\u2019s car.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

3. \u00a0Startling information<\/a> on the vanishing black middle class:<\/p>\n

In 2004, the median net worth of white households was $134,280, compared with $13,450 for black households, according to an analysis of Federal Reserve data by the Economic Policy Institute. By 2009, the median net worth for white households had fallen 24 percent to $97,860; the median net worth for black households had fallen 83 percent to $2,170, according to the institute.<\/p>\n

Since the end of the recession, which lasted from 2007 to 2009, the overall unemployment rate has fallen from 9.4 to 9.1 percent, while the black unemployment rate has risen from 14.7 to 16.2 percent, according to the Department of Labor. Last April, black male unemployment hit the highest rate since the government began keeping track in 1972. Only 56.9 percent of black men over 20 were working, compared with 68.1 percent of white men.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In the Pews<\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/strong>1. \u00a0Peter Leithart<\/a> with an interesting these in First Things:<\/p>\n

I\u2019m here to assure the Andrew Sullivans out there that America has nothing to fear from Palin. Even if she becomes leader of the free world, she will cause barely a ripple in the surface of American culture. It\u2019s not just that her views are widely shared, or that she demonstrated uncommon courage, vision, and competence during her time as governor of Alaska. She\u2019s no threat because she swims so easily in the eddies of the\u00a0Zeitgeist<\/em>. Rightwing she is on political hot buttons, but culturally she is as cheerily, effortlessly postmodern as they come. Palin is not a threat to the American way of life. She\u00a0is<\/em> the American way of life,\u00a0a.d.\u00a02011.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

2. \u00a0 \u201cBachmann, Palin, and the Trouble with Evangelical Feminism<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

3. \u00a0From our own David French, \u201cA Personal Guide to Fighting Poverty<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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