Commentary

Don’t Conflate “Affirmative Action” with Alumni, Geographic or Athletic Preferences

By Timothy H. Lee
Thursday, May 01 2014

“Does the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment forbid what its text plainly requires? Needless to say (except that this case obliges us to say it), the question answers itself.” -Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia Clearly, no moral or political issue has divided and agonized America throughout its history like the scourge of racial discrimination. For that reason, it is bizarre to hear repeated calls for “a national conversation on race,” since no subject in American history has been discussed less than race. Nevertheless,…

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From the NAACP to Mozilla: Anonymity and First Amendment Freedom

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The “Equal Pay for Equal Work” Myth

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Obama’s Medicare Politics Show Ryan Is Right on Policy

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Activist Demands Imprisonment for “Climate-Change Liars”

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Democrats, The Party of Superstition

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Paul Ryan Is Ready for a Promotion

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Will ObamaCare Die by Self-Implosion or Court Decision? The Race is On

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