A relentless quest for more government intrusions. The fundamental problem of the political left seems to be that the real world does not fit their preconceptions. Therefore they see the real world as what is wrong, and what needs to be changed, since apparently their preconceptions cannot be wrong. A never-ending source of ... MORE
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Thomas Sowell - The Mindset Of The Left (Part 3)
A relentless quest for more government intrusions. The fundamental problem of the political left seems to be that the real world does not fit their preconceptions. Therefore they see the real world as what is wrong, and what needs to be changed, since apparently their preconceptions cannot be wrong. A never-ending source of ... MORER. Emmett Tyrrell Jr.: Justice Thomas Echos JFK
Quotas and affirmative action cause nothing but trouble. For four decades the American people have been perplexed by “affirmative action,” “quotas,” and all the circumlocutions that have accumulated around them. Reading about them is painful. Living with them is worse. What has the Supreme Court trying been trying to tell us with ... MORE
Walter E Williams: Unasked & Unanswered Questions
Contempt for liberty by progressives. Grutter v. Bollinger was the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld the University of Michigan Law School's racial admissions policy. Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, writing for the majority, said the U.S. Constitution "does not prohibit the Law School's narrowly tailored use of race in ... MOREThomas Sowell: Words That Replace Thought
In doing so, they turn smart people into morons. If there is ever a contest for words that substitute for
thought, “diversity” should be recognized as the undisputed world
champion. You don’t need a speck of evidence, or a single step of logic,
when you rhapsodize about the supposed benefits of diversity. The
very idea of testing this ... MOREWalter E Williams: Academic Cesspools
On prying open closed minds. Over the past 10 years, I have written columns variously titled "Academic Cesspools," "Academic Dishonesty," "The Shame of Higher Education," "Academic Rot" and "Indoctrination of Our Youth." Therefore, I was not surprised by David Feith's April 5th Wall Street Journal article, "The Golf Shot Heard Round the Academic World." ... MOREJane S. Shaw: The 'P.C.' Dumbing Down Of U.S. Schools
Campuses succumb to groupthink. U.S. colleges and universities are drowning in a sea of “political correctness,” and many of higher education’s “best and brightest” don’t recognize the danger. Indeed, speech codes and groupthink are so prevalent on American campuses that we now take them for granted. Instead of meekly accepting the ... MOREThe Painful Truth About Affirmative Action
A dishonest system that hurts minorities. Affirmative action in university admissions started in the late 1960s as a noble effort to jump-start racial integration and foster equal opportunity. But somewhere along the decades, it has lost its way. Over time, it has become a political lightning rod and one of our most divisive social policies. ... MOREWalter E Williams - Academic Dishonesy
Preparation for failure? Many of the nation's colleges and universities have become cesspools of indoctrination, intolerance, academic dishonesty and an "enlightened" form of racism. This is a decades-old trend. In a 1991 speech, Yale President Benno Schmidt warned: "The most serious problems of freedom of expression in our society today exist on our campuses. The assumption ... MOREWalter E Williams: Stubborn Ignorance
Racism by the numbers. Academic intelligentsia, their media, government and corporate enthusiasts worship at the altar of diversity. Despite budget squeezes, universities have created diversity positions, such as director of diversity and inclusion, manager of diversity recruitment, associate dean for diversity, vice president of ... MOREJohn Fund: Will Affirmative Action Be Forever?
Yes, if Eric Holder gets his way. Later this year, the Supreme Court will review the constitutionality of the use of racial preferences in college admissions in the case of Fisher v. University of Texas. The battle lines will once again be drawn over the meaning of the equal-protection provisions of the Constitution. So it’s noteworthy that Attorney General Eric ... MOREWalter E Williams: Equality Or Inequality
Equality without destroying liberty. Rick Santorum's speech at the Detroit Economic Club stirred a bit of controversy when he said: "I'm not about equality of result when it comes to income inequality. There is income inequality in America. There always has been, and hopefully — and I do say that — there always will be." That kind of statement, though having ... MOREGreen Latern: Why Government Does Not Create Jobs
Too many cooks spoil the stew. If you want to know why $800 billion in government stimulus spending has created 9 percent unemployment, all you have to do is look at the windmill in Milwaukee. The project involves a single wind turbine 154 feet tall (small by today's standard) that is supposed to supply some electricity to the Milwaukee Port Authority. The $500,000 project is being ... MOREA. Barton Hinkle: The Roots Of Racism
Will we ever get beyond the notion of racial identify? From time to time a bit of news crosses the desk that makes the mind reel, the jaw drop, the head shake. So it was the other day when Public Policy Polling, a reputable albeit partisan firm, reported that 46 percent of Republicans in Mississippi think interracial marriage should be against the law. The poll was taken in late March— ... MORE
Walter E Williams: Diversity Perversity
The terms affirmative action, equal representation, preferential treatment and quotas just don't sell well. The intellectual elite and their media, government and corporate enthusiasts have come up with diversity, a seemingly benign term that's a cover for racially discriminatory policy. They call for college campuses, corporate offices and government agencies to "look like America." Part of looking like America ... MORE
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