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by | Sep 8, 2023

Months after the demise of affirmative action, various institutions of American higher education are rolling out Super Innovative Plans to combat their newfound inability to colorize meritocracy. In August, the most prominent university in the affirmative action debate released its…

by | Aug 18, 2023

Between Fani Willis’ indictment, the denouement of The Blind Side, and Podesta — man, what a week, huh? It’s that old Chinese saying, “May you live in interesting times,” just manifested right in our faces. Of course, that old saying…

by | Jul 17, 2023

It seems like we’re back to one of the most tired, most brainless, and yet most compelling tropes of those on today’s left — namely, screeching, “Racism!” at anybody with whom they disagree politically. Last week, you heard about the…

by | Jul 14, 2023

This June, the Supreme Court struck down affirmative action, ruling it invalid under the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment. For Justice Clarence Thomas, the ruling fulfilled his decades-old legal vision of affirmative action’s incompatibility with the Constitution. He…

by | Jul 7, 2023

The inflammable cocktail of immigration, crime, real or alleged racism, hard-handed police tactics, and fiery left-wing politicians is again exploding in France’s face. Never before, however, has the c-word — “civil war” — been bandied about so openly. Poor France….

by | Jul 3, 2023

Just when I begin to think that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has escaped the gravitational pull of his party, he crashes back to earth with a thud. Grounding Kennedy this time was affirmative action. Last Thursday, he weighed in on…

by | Jun 30, 2023

Last Wednesday, while thousands of migrants set fire to the streets in France for the second night in a row, Emmanuel Macron was dancing at an Elton John concert. There is no better image to define the situation in Europe….

by | Jun 30, 2023

One supposes it’s a good, and quite fitting, thing that it was higher education that served as the medium for the Supreme Court’s ending of affirmative action in America. You’ve probably read all you needed to on that subject. If…

by | Jun 30, 2023

“Affirmative Action” never was affirmative. From the day of its inception, it closed doors to people who had worked hard all their lives to excel and succeed. It imposed barriers against those who had earned success, while it advantaged less…

by | Jun 29, 2023

Today, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected the substitution of race for merit when it ruled against Harvard University’s use of racial preferences in admissions. “I write,” Justice Clarence Thomas states in his concurring opinion, “to clarify that all forms of…

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