Showing posts with label social justice. Show all posts
Showing posts with label social justice. Show all posts

R. 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

Social Justice: A Solution In Search Of A Problem

by John Steele Gordon.  The left has always had a knack for the high-sounding phrase, such as New Deal, Great Society, etc.  One that is increasingly in vogue these days is Social Justice.  It sounds noble—everyone’s in favor of justice, right?—but when you look closely, it’s nothing more than the old redistribution of income in the name  ... MORE

William Sullivan: Social Justice Is A Proven Failure

... and so is Obama. There is a reason that Obama's ideological policy efforts have failed America. It is because they, like his ideology, are not American. No, I am not suggesting that he wasn't born here or that he's not an American citizen. I am stating with absolute certainty that his core ideology is predicated upon anything but liberty. And since     ... MORE

Thomas Sowell: A Political Glossary - Part III

The distinction between cosmic justice & social justice. This is Part III in a series. Part I can be found here. Part II can be found here. If there were a Hall of Fame for political rhetoric, the phrase "social justice" would deserve a prominent place there. It has the prime virtue of political catchwords: It means many different things to many different  ... MORE