Commenter “huxley” observes, first quoting commenter “Irish Otter49” in a discussion of the man who committed suicide after being insulted in an anti-racism training mandated by his employer: “So he took his own life because he couldn’t deal with harsh … Continue reading →
I saw two encouraging signs today. The first is this story about a lawsuit against an “anti-racism” DEI trainer because of a suicide that occurred in Canada. Here’s the story in a nutshell: Kike Ojo-Thompson, a Toronto-based diversity trainer and … Continue reading →
DeSantis is a racist and Vivek is a white supremicist, according to the leftist MSM. No surprise for any of this. Any Republican contender will be painted with that brush for a simple reason: the propaganda works with a lot … Continue reading →
[NOTE: Here’s my previous post on Floyd.] Harrison Floyd, the only one of the Georgia Trump case defendants who has been jailed, has been released after five days: The last of President Donald J. Trump’s 18 co-defendants to be released … Continue reading →
Trump’s arrest and mug shot in Georgia got me wondering whether black voters – who vote overwhelmingly Democrat – might not be a bit sympathetic to him because of the element of persecution by prosecutors. I think it’s always a … Continue reading →
From commenter “AesopFan” on the thread about the two versions of the song “Fast Car”: It is profoundly weird that people who claim to be standing up for gays and lesbians are actually the ones erasing the history and achievements … Continue reading →
It’s come to this: One recollection that I can confirm with the aid of historical evidence is that [in 1988] ‘Fast Car’ by Tracy Chapman was everywhere. I heard it in seedy gay bars, at civil-service leaving dos, at family … Continue reading →
This is extraordinary: Roughly 5,200 black and Hispanic ex-Big Apple teachers and once-aspiring educators are expected to collect more than $1.8 billion in judgments after the city stopped fighting a nearly three-decade federal discrimination lawsuit that found a certification exam … Continue reading →
As part of the recent SCOTUS affirmative action decision, Clarence Thomas took special care to offer a critique of Ketanji Brown Jackson’s dissent in the case. Here’s what he had to say on the matter. I find it particularly interesting … Continue reading →
[NOTE: Because of the Gilot open thread earlier today, I decided to look up Jonas Salk and get up to speed on some of the details of his life. What I found was interesting enough, and relevant enough to today, … Continue reading →
Affirmative action is a subset of what the brilliant Thomas Sowell called The Quest For Cosmic Justice (and if you’ve never read that book I highly recommend doing so). Here’s Sowell: Cosmic justice is not about the rules of the … Continue reading →
The decision was 6-3, so all the Republican-appointed justices were with the majority and all the Democrat-appointed justices dissented. That’s a bit of a surprise; I thought there might be more defections from the Republican side. William Jacobson writes: The … Continue reading →