From the Editor

It seems that President Clinton, concerned about damage from the family scandals, plans to boost his moral standing with a campaign in defense of racial preferences. Call it the defendant in defense of the indefensible.

One of his weapons is likely to be the reports that abolishing preferences in California and Texas has caused a sharp fall in the number of black and Hispanic students admitted to the best schools. So here are some reflections unlikely to be expressed by our President: