O’Connor splits the difference
A reader recently let me know how affirmative action had hit him where he lives. His daughter, of whom he was justifiably proud, had been accepted for admission by four...
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The `Industry of Hillary’ raises bucks for both sides
I don't know whether Hillary Rodham Clinton would make a good president, although the question does not trouble me much. After all, her husband and his successor offer two excellent...
Putting a face on the nation’s low-wage earners
Sometimes the system works. Democrats and Republicans alike have been stirred into action by the news that President Bush's latest tax cut left out a healthy chunk of the working...
Feeling `integration fatigue’
We all have our limits. Portland, Ore., performance artist damali ayo (That's how she spells it, all lowercase) is said to have reached hers after years of dealing with questions...
Democrats grope for glimmer of hope
If you happen to know who is running for president on the Democratic side, count yourself among the minority who cares. Two-thirds of the public, 66 percent, could not name...
Reefer sanity vs. puritans in the White House
The Bard of Baltimore, H.L. Mencken, once defined Puritanism as "the haunting fear that someone, somewhere may be happy." He would have found quite a few of them in his...
Promoting racial and ethnic diversity in our newsrooms
We have a new breakfast suggestion in the newsroom where I work: Cheez Doodles and booze. We call it "the Jayson Blair diet." Scotch, cigarettes and Cheez Doodles are now...
Resist Fidel Castro’s taunts by encouraging free speech
As someone who often agrees with actor-activist Danny Glover, but who also wishes Fidel Castro would go into a long-overdue retirement, I was disappointed to see the star of the...
A New York Times reporter said he has not seen standards lowered to help minorities, but `sometimes I have seen standards lowered to help members of the Old Boy Network’
A lot of people are wondering whether the Jayson Blair affair that has stained indelibly The New York Times' 152-year history resulted from affirmative action run amok. Other people are...
When art mixes it up with politics
Some people think Hollywood entertainers should stay out of politics, especially when the entertainers say something that those people do not like to hear. Personally, I don't see any reason...