Al Sharpton Also A Tax Cheat?
I have long wondered how anyone could take seriously a political party that not only takes Al Sharpton seriously but treats him as a respected leader. Now it turns out that he’s apparently a tax cheat as well as a bombastic buffoon and what an astute commenter on TaxProf aptly called “a court-certified malicious liar [...]
Affirmative Action Oscars?
From Reuters, on MSNBC: Black actors face snub at Oscars LOS ANGELES — Will white be the only color on the red carpet at the 83rd Academy Awards? Although Oscar contenders are just lining up at the starting gate for the annual run for the gold, there’s a real possibility that for the first time [...]
Yes On Prop. 107!
The Arizona Civil Rights Amendment, also known as Proposition 107 or HCR 2019, will be on the November, 2, 2010, ballot. Virtually identical to similar measures launched by Ward Connerly and passed by substantial margins in California, Washington, Michigan, and Nebraska, Prop. 107 would amend the Arizona constitution to prohibit the state from “discriminat[ing] against [...]
Impeach Eric Holder!
NOTE: This post has been UPDATED, twice. Article 2, Section 4, of the Constitution provides that The President, Vice President and all civil officers of the United States, shall be removed from office on impeachment for, and conviction of, treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors. “Civil officers,” the American Bar Association explains, “include [...]
Who’s Dumb?
John Kerry (you remember him; he served in Vietnam) calling voters too dumb to appreciate Democrats brings to mind the old warning to people who live in glass houses. Yesterday, according to the Boston Herald article linked above, Kerry “blamed clueless voters with short attention spans for the uphill battle beleaguered Democrats are facing” in [...]
“Diversity” Goes Abroad (Or Doesn’t)
It is well known, at least to DISCRIMINATIONS readers, that if you listen closely to the justification of “diversity”-based racial preferences (But who does? Certainly not those who offer them) you will hear that “diversity” is essential because whites (and implicitly, Asians) need to be exposed to blacks and Hispanics, whose “difference” is what provides [...]
Apologies
Nicholas Kristof sent a “Message to Muslims” in his New York Times column yesterday: “I’m Sorry”: I hereby apologize to Muslims for the wave of bigotry and simple nuttiness that has lately been directed at you. The venom on the airwaves, equating Muslims with terrorists, should embarrass us more than you. Muslims are one of [...]
Losers Win (Or Do They?)
First, let me say that it is quite possible that the building Republican tsunami is so strong that it will carry into office politicians, like Christine O’Donnell, whose boat would have long since sunk in calmer seas. Possible, but at least as it appears this morning, not likely. There is rich irony here. The Democrats’ [...]
Sean Wilentz, History’s Avenging Angel
A week or so ago the Chronicle of Higher Education published a long paean to the work of Princeton historian Sean Wilentz, rightly describing him as “a man near the top of the history profession.” Wilentz’s leading scholarly works are Chants Democratic: New York City and the Rise of the American Working Class, 1788-1850, (Oxford [...]
An Honest Call For Quotas
Virtually all defenders of race preference and other affirmative action programs that in practice amount to quotas deny that they support quotas. They just want race or sex or ethnicity to be “considered”, they say, or “taken into account,” they say, although to the last person they would be up in arms if there were [...]
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