Robinson The Egalitarian
The Washington Post’s Eugene Robinson, whom we’ve encountered a number of times before (such as here, here, here, and here, among others) seems to be worried about only two things: that whites will not vote for Barack Obama because he’s black; and that blacks won’t vote for Obama because they’re afraid whites won’t vote for [...]
Missouri UPDATE
Please see my just-posed UPDATE to Outrageous Official Misconduct In Missouri below.
“Framing” Redux Redux
In “Framing” Redux, I criticized Emory Prof. Drew Westen, the latest guru trying to improve the way Democrats “frame” issues. Now he’s at it again, this time in the Washington Post, instructing Democrats to abandon pesky facts and reason emphasize passion and “heart.” The pitch for passion over reason is the same here as it’s [...]
Is This “Frame” Slanted?
I’ve complained a number of times (too numerous, and I’m too busy [or lazy] at the moment, to cite) about liberals who are certain that if they were only more successful at “framing” the debate over issues they would be more successful at the polls. Now comes a front-page article in Sunday’s Washington Post by [...]
Wisconsin Racial Discrimination Not A “Test”
Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen has issued an informal legal opinion that discriminating on the basis of race does not violate a 1973 state law banning discrimination on the basis of race. (O.K., that’s my construction of his opinion, but I believe it’s fair, if a bit argumentative.) (Hat Tip to Peter Schmidt on [...]
The Missouri Press: Self-Censorship Or Merely Asleep At The Switch?
On Thursday I published a post on Outrageous Official Misconduct in Missouri. If you haven’t read it, please do so now. As noted in my earlier post, Secretary of State Robin Carnahan has a legal obligation (Missouri Revised Statutes, Section 116.025) to prepare ballot language that is “true and impartial” and that is “neither intentionally [...]
Discrimination … But Against Whom?
One of the small (very small) pleasures of travel (we’re still in California) is that I get/have to read USA Today, given away free in most motels, which I rarely do when I’m home. Today I was interested to see, in the lower left corner of the first page of the Money section, a fascinating [...]
Outrageous Official Misconduct In Missouri
Missouri has always prided itself on being the “Show Me” state. Robin Carnahan, the Missouri Secretary of State, even has a web page explaining the origins of that semi-official sobriquet. Now, however, Ms. Carnahan has given an entirely new meaning to that term: by flagrantly violating her official responsibility, she has shown that Missouri officials [...]
EXTRA! EXTRA! Congress Moves To Eliminate Race Preferences!
Apparently even the Congress is now joining the effort to restrict or eliminate race preferences. This just in from the American Civil Rights Institute: Congress passes amendment ending race preferences in federal contracting Connerly praises Congressman Walberg’s leadership to pass this historic bill In a stunning move Congress finally showed that, at least on the [...]
Does Edwards, Do All Democrats, Also Reject Preferences?
Recently Sen. Barack Obama said on national TV that his daughters shouldn’t receive any admissions preference to college because they’re “pretty advantaged.” As I pointed out here, however, he’s never voiced any opposition to other “pretty advantaged” people receiving preferences based on their race, sex, or ethnicity. Quite the contrary, he went into Michigan and [...]
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