Politics & Policy Disparate Impact Hits Home for the Democrats By Fred Schwarz December 4, 2019 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.
Culture Clash of the Pedants By Fred Schwarz September 29, 2019 I won’t try to defend split infinitives on logical grounds, because the case against them is not a logical argument, just an axiom.
Culture Seasons (and Decades) End When You Want Them To By Fred Schwarz September 27, 2019 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.
NR PLUS Magazine Was James Buchanan Gay? By Fred Schwarz September 26, 2019 A review of Bosom Friends: The Intimate World of James Buchanan and William Rufus King, by Thomas J. Balcerski.
Politics & Policy Blaming the Disabled Is Unconservative By Fred Schwarz September 6, 2019 We need to respect the rights of people with disabilities, including disabilities that are not visible.
National Review NR and Woodstock By Fred Schwarz August 7, 2019 I was expecting something snide, but to my surprise, Mr. Ardery wrote of a deep kinship he felt with the people in attendance.
Law & the Courts The Elusive ‘Dartmouth University’ By Fred Schwarz July 15, 2019 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.
Economy & Business The New ‘New Socialism’ By Fred Schwarz May 21, 2019 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.
Politics & Policy Witch Hunts, Then and Now By Fred Schwarz May 8, 2019 The Mueller investigation does not resemble our idea of a Puritan-era witch hunt -- but then, neither does an actual Puritan-era witch hunt.
Education Racial Quotas Distort, Again By Fred Schwarz April 29, 2019 San Francisco is supposed to create racially balanced schools without explicitly using race as a factor in who goes where. Good luck with that.