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JEB BUSH WRESTLES WITH RACE AND COLLEGE ADMISSION

August 20, 2021 at 6:13 p.m.

Race, like politics, makes strange bedfellows. In the affirmative action debate, for example, we see liberals uncharacteristically trying to hold onto the status quo while conservatives demand radical change. Take,...

THE MOST UNLIKELY DEATH-PENALTY CRITICS

August 20, 2021 at 4:43 p.m.

A new breed of death-penalty critics appear to be on the rise. They defend capital punishment in principal but they are troubled by the possibility that, in the real world,...

A SNIT OF `TITANIC’ PROPORTIONS

August 20, 2021 at 9:05 p.m.

Memo to Leonardo DiCaprio: First of all, congratulations on being named celebrity chairman of this year's national Earth Day. It warms my heart to see a successful actor and teen...

DON’T BLAME WOMEN FOR THE ILLS OF THE MILITARY

August 20, 2021 at 10:00 p.m.

As a former draftee who can recall wishing more than a few times that the military had more women in it, I was dismayed to read Stephanie Gutmann's new book....

IN DEFENSE OF THE NOSY CENSUS QUESTIONS

August 20, 2021 at 8:42 p.m.

Is the census too nosy? Some congressional leaders now say it is even though Congress approved the questions two years before the questionnaires were mailed out. Maybe it asking too...

A PRIME RIBBING FOR A WORKING DAD

August 20, 2021 at 7:19 p.m.

Memo to Prime Minister Tony Blair: Pardon my butting in from across the great waters, sir, but I understand you've run into a bit of what you folks call a...

H. RAP BROWN VS. THE SYSTEM

August 20, 2021 at 7:36 p.m.

I can hardly wait to see what kind of defense the black nationalist formerly known as H. Rap Brown is going to put on. So far, it is beginning to...

NO `RACIAL-BALANCING’ ACTS ALLOWED

August 20, 2021 at 3:52 p.m.

One definition of tragedy is to have a conflict between two sides, both of which are morally correct. Such is the tragedy of Jacob Eisenberg, a 7-year-old white boy whose...

ANOTHER BACKFIRE FOR THE NRA

August 20, 2021 at 6:18 p.m.

National Rifle Association Executive President Wayne LaPierre's recent blowup at President Clinton is a headline writer's dream. How about: "NRA TOP GUN SHOOTS OFF MOUTH TOO MUCH?" "NRA HEAD TRIGGERS...

HOW RACE COUNTS IN THE 2000 CENSUS

August 20, 2021 at 4:00 p.m.

That new census questionnaire you should be receiving in the mail contains a new wrinkle. For the first time, Americans are able to check more than one race. That answers...

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