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That was some peace dividend!

The New York Times reports that many businesses are now requiring their employees to speak English, and in answer to your next question, the civil-rights goons are looking into the matter. It falls under the heading of National Origin, Discrimination on the Basis of, and/or Racism, Thinly Veiled. Wouldn’t you know, there are federal laws on the subject: you have to prove the language requirement is job-related. While we believe that the U.S. Government should conduct its business in English, we also believe that every employ er should be free to set the policy that seems to him most rational without having to account for it to anyone. And we don’t think it should be federal policy to create Babel. Meanwhile, we pine for the day when a civil-rights bill will protect the 250 million Americans who are now being systematically deprived of their Ninth and Tenth Amendment freedoms.

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That was some peace dividend!

The New York Times reports that many businesses are now requiring their employees to speak English, and in answer to your next question, the civil-rights goons are looking into the matter. It falls under the heading of National Origin, Discrimination on the Basis of, and/or Racism, Thinly Veiled. Wouldn’t you know, there are federal laws on the subject: you have to prove the language requirement is job-related. While we believe that the U.S. Government should conduct its business in English, we also believe that every employ er should be free to set the policy that seems to him most rational without having to account for it to anyone. And we don’t think it should be federal policy to create Babel. Meanwhile, we pine for the day when a civil-rights bill will protect the 250 million Americans who are now being systematically deprived of their Ninth and Tenth Amendment freedoms.