With the recent appeals court decision ruling against the race-based admissions policies of the University of Georgia and conflicting decisions in Michigan, Texas, and Washington, the stage is now set for the Supreme Court to resolve the issue once and for all and hopefully, restore the spirit of the 14th Amendment and Dr. King’s dream […]
Archives for September 2001
Gun Rights and Compassion
Guest Essay (The following essay was published in FrontPage Magazine by my friend and political philosophy group colleague, Jeff Crow, an ex-fire department paramedic and writer in Houston. It is entitled “Gun Rights and Compassion: Apples and Oranges”) Jamie was in “one of his moods” again. When Doris Fleener’s troubled teenaged son felt depressed he […]
Of Conspiracies, Left And Right
One of the oft-repeated quotes of the Clinton era is the “vast right-wing conspiracy” allegation made by Hillary Clinton on the Today show in January 1998, as the “Monica” case was exploding onto the scene. Well, surprise, surprise, if you look closely, there have been several recent sightings of evidence of left-wing collusion (a lighter […]
The Stem Cell Debate
After studying this issue for several weeks, it’s clear to me that we will not resolve it or other issues involving genetic research, not to mention abortion, until we resolve as a society what is meant by being human and at what point human life begins, with its automatically attached and inalienable rights. This is […]