Walter E Williams: Do Blacks Need Favors?

Stopping educational fraud is all that is necessary.     Earlier this month, the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act was celebrated. During the act's legislative debate, then-Sen. Hubert Humphrey, responding to predictions, promised, "I'll eat my hat if this leads to racial quotas." I don't know whether Humphrey got around to keeping  ... MORE

Walter E Williams: Coming End To Racial Preferences

An idea whose time has gone.     Last week's U.S. Supreme Court 6-2 ruling in Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action et al. upheld Michigan's constitutional amendment that bans racial preferences in admission to its public universities. Justice Sonia Sotomayor lashed out at her colleagues in a bitter dissent, calling them "out of touch     ... MORE

Sonia Quotamayor: Product Of Affirmative Action

by Willilam A. Levinson.       Myths, legends, and anthropology all state that the power to name a thing is the power to control or destroy it. A simple and devastating public relations technique is, therefore, to attach a memorable and accurate name to somebody. The Allies, for example, named General Fedor Bock "Der Sterber" ("Let's go get  ... MORE

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The Most Shocking Aspect Of The Aaron Hernandez Case

by Mike Riggs.    Last Wednesday New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez was charged with murder for "orchestrating the execution" of Odin Lloyd, a semi-pro football player who Hernandez had known for about a year. I didn't pay the story much attention—until I saw footage of Hernandez being arrested. Let me paint the scene for you:   ... MORE