Economics professor and pundit Glenn Loury, who is black, writes this opinion piece in the NY Times as a caution to his fellow Democrats: When I first heard that President Trump had gone after the Rev. Al Sharpton — and … Continue reading →
I see that Al Sharpton is in the news again. Sharpton responded to Trump’s remarks about rats in Baltimore by saying, “that he would travel to Baltimore to ‘address Trump’s remarks & bi-partisan outrage in the black community’ over them.” … Continue reading →
I agree with Roger Simon: These days one might as well call the Democratic Party The Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Racism… The conclusion we are supposed to glean from this, the rule of rules that must be … Continue reading →
Here’s a discussion in National Review about a report recently issued by the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. It’s entitled “Beyond Suspensions: Examining School Discipline Policies and Connections to the School-to-Prison Pipeline for Students of Color with Disabilities.” Although this … Continue reading →
…and I’m going out now, so I’ll just briefly mention a couple of things. The first is an update on Erica Thomas, who accused a guy in the supermarket of telling her to go back where she came from (a … Continue reading →
Ilhan Omar is dealing with a lot of accusations, but she has one way of dealing with them, and it’s an approach that worked very very well for her so far and may continue to do so: calling anyone who … Continue reading →
…another race hoax. At least this one didn’t involve a large and expensive police investigation. On the other hand, the accuser is Democrat Erica Thomas, who is the Minority Vice Chair of the Georgia House of Representatives. You can read … Continue reading →
But only those voices she wants to hear: Like Pressley, the race-obsessed left thinks of people only insofar as they fit into racial- and gender- and sexual-orientation-based categories. You are your category; you are not an individual made of many … Continue reading →
[Hat tip: Artfldgr.] It’s often instructive to hear what people say when talking among themselves rather than to the public at large. Thus, note what what Ilhan Omar said when addressing a leftist group known as Netroots Nation: “There’s a … Continue reading →
AOC is drawing some criticism from other Democrats: Rep. Wm. Lacy Clay (D-Mo.) unloaded on Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on Wednesday for “using the race card” after Ocasio-Cortez accused Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) of being racially insensitive. Clay, a member … Continue reading →
[NOTE: I used to spell it “bussing,” but I’m choosing to move with the times here. Each spelling has its own problems. “Busing” makes it seem as though it should be pronounced like part of the word “abusing.” But “bussing,” … Continue reading →
Yesterday there was a lot of back-and-forth in the comments of this post about the relation between violent crime and religious belief. One of the comments was by Richard Saunders, and it went like this: If I don’t believe in … Continue reading →