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Cuomo Praises Lincoln But Sounds Like Douglas

Mario Cuomo, former governor of New York and, according to his publisher, “a gifted political philosopher,” has a new book out, Why Lincoln Matters: Today More Than Ever. According to the publisher’s synopsis and accompanying blurbs, the book sounds like it is simply an occasion for some additional Bush-bashing. (“Cuomo draws a devastating comparison between […]

Grumbles About Lack Of “Diversity” In Kerry Campaign

Terry Neal has a long article in the Washington Post today about increasing complaints of a lack of “diversity” in Kerry’s campaign. Although the article mentions that there are “no Asian Americans” among the ten honchos and honchettes who are said to set policy every day in a 7:30AM phone call, none of the talk […]

Educational Statesmanship In Utah

The University of Utah has just named Michael K. Young, former dean of the George Washington University law school, as its new president. In an interview, Young offered his views “on several hot-button issues.” Among his courageous and forthright stands: * Diversity: Young said he is a supporter and pointed to GW as the most […]

Chicago: Preferences Lag Behind Promises

The Chicago Tribune reports this morning that city aldermen are “boiling over set-aside disclosures.” Are they angry over a system rife with racial and ethnic preferences? Nope. They’re angry because the city didn’t actually pay out as much money to minority firms as it had reported. The city of Chicago typically spends more than $1 […]

Is The Univ. Of Calif. A Scofflaw? Maybe…

As I’ve discussed here, here, and here, John Moores, chairman of the University of California Board of Regents, has charged that the university system is using its “comprehensive review” admissions procedures to avoid the non-discrimination requirements imposd by Prop. 209 and its own rules. A committee was created to study the problem. According to an […]

Partisan GKerrymandering And Racial Hypocrisy

Most of the arguments about gerrymandering are so unprincipled, so controlled by shifting partisan interests, than I’m tempted to say we should start calling it kerrymandering. (Elbrdge Gerry, after whom the practice is named, was after all an early Massachusetts liberal.) By whatever name it is known, however, a new chapter in its history was […]

Kerry: Proud Of His Own Youthful Racial Awareness

In a recent meeting with “five Black journalists” at his Washington headquarters, John Kerry said “that although he was supportive of civil rights during his college years, he regrets that he didn’t take part in the March on Washington, the Selma to Montgomery March and other major protest events of the 1960s.” It was, he […]

Will The Real Communicator Please Stand Up?

Democrats are fond of belittling President Bush as dumb and inartiuclate, but according to a recent survey by Rasmussen Reports 72% of Americans have a “clear idea of where he stands on the key issues facing the nation today. Just 14% do not.” And what of the suave, sophisticated, intelligently articulate and nuanced John Kerry? […]

Pope Judge John Noonan And The Constitution As A Religious Text

Judge John T. Noonan of the 9th Circuit, speaking at Dartmouth (link via Howard Bashman): Judges should look at the “spirit” behind the words of the Constitution rather than interpreting its language literally when ruling on cases, Judge John T. Noonan argued Monday in his lecture, titled “Reading the Constitution.” Noonan, a judge on the […]

Claremont Fake Hate Indictment

Remember Kerri Dunn, the Claremont McKenna psychology professor who vandalized her own car and claimed it was a hate crime? (If not, go here.) Well, it turns out that crime doesn’t pay: Prof. Dunn has just been indicted for one misdemeanor count of filing a false police report and two felony counts of insurance fraud. […]