A new poll: Just 45 percent of respondents said they believe affirmative action programs are still needed to counteract the effects of discrimination against minorities, while an equal 45 percent feel the programs have gone too far and should be … Continue reading →
Here’s a little gem I came across the other day. First, though, if you’re not familiar with Thomas Sowell, please hie yourself to YouTube, do a search for his name, and start watching. You’ll find scads of clips of Sowell … Continue reading →
I was going to write a long article about the press’s coverage of the riots by so-called “youths” in Sweden, but this article pretty much covers the same territory: In addition to the horrendous beheading of a British soldier in … Continue reading →
The Pigford case and the extensive fraud it almost certainly has spawned in its wake have been the topics of a great many posts on the blogospheric right for years. But now the New York Times has (very surprisingly) taken … Continue reading →
“Teaching critical thinking” can sometimes be a cover for “teaching kids to question traditional values, and to accept our point of view instead” (i.e. leftism). But there’s no question that if it is used to refer to helping students get … Continue reading →
It had to happen, didn’t it? The MSM and the left (is that becoming redundant?) scours Republican utterances for evidence of bigotry on a daily (perhaps hourly?) basis. And sure enough, every now and then someone slips according to the … Continue reading →
…to be a latino? That seems to be the burning question of the day. It’s not just a stupid conversation, it’s the sort of identity politics that’s become all-too-prevalent these days and has made race and ethnicity a greater force … Continue reading →
Watch for this trend to spread: With much fanfare and hullabaloo, President Obama’s former campaign, Organizing for Action, recently launched a 10-year effort to turn red Texas into a true swing state. The plan, officially unveiled in a meeting in … Continue reading →
As a brilliant and tremendously successful black man who emerged from humble beginnings in beleaguered Detroit to become an eminent and pioneering neurosurgeon, you’d think Dr. Ben Carson would be a hero to the black community and to liberals. And … Continue reading →
I’ve read about this sort of thing before, of course, although I’ve been fortunate enough so far to not have been required to endure a stint in the re-education camps myself (give them time): Judicial Watch today released previously unseen … Continue reading →
This recent comment by “Snackeater” (fine moniker, by the way) brought up an interesting angle on Obama and his supporters: I’ve always thought that subconsciously, Liberals are racists. Not that they hate people of other races ”“ quite the contrary … Continue reading →
Quite a few people have recommended this Victor Davis Hanson article about some of the problems we’re likely to be dealing with in the coming year. One of the points Hanson makes is that the true face of the left … Continue reading →