Disparate Impact Hits Home for the Democrats
If the Democrats are serious about social justice, they will set aside half the debate slots for women and a quarter for people of color.
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Clash of the Pedants
I won’t try to defend split infinitives on logical grounds, because the case against them is not a logical argument, just an axiom.
Seasons (and Decades) End When You Want Them To
When it’s cold, it’s winter, when it’s warm, it’s summer, and in between, it’s spring or fall — draw the lines whenever works for you.
Was James Buchanan Gay?
A review of Bosom Friends: The Intimate World of James Buchanan and William Rufus King, by Thomas J. Balcerski.
Blaming the Disabled Is Unconservative
We need to respect the rights of people with disabilities, including disabilities that are not visible.
NR and Woodstock
I was expecting something snide, but to my surprise, Mr. Ardery wrote of a deep kinship he felt with the people in attendance.
The Elusive ‘Dartmouth University’
The Dartmouth College case has stood for 200 years as a restraint on government interference with nonprofits and is cited in cases such as Citizens United.
The New ‘New Socialism’
The socialist Left allows itself the Calvinball privilege of changing the rules of the game as often as it wants — and it still keeps losing.
Witch Hunts, Then and Now
The Mueller investigation does not resemble our idea of a Puritan-era witch hunt -- but then, neither does an actual Puritan-era witch hunt.
Racial Quotas Distort, Again
San Francisco is supposed to create racially balanced schools without explicitly using race as a factor in who goes where. Good luck with that.