racism

The masterful words in the American Declaration of Independence that have inspired untold millions of people around the world hailed a transformative conception of man and the human condition by declaring that all men were created equal.

Politically we seem to be living in some trying times.

This summer’s elections to the European Parliament, the legislative body of the European Union, marked a radical swing against the greater centralization of power in the hands of Eurocrats in Brussels. A great many of the Euroskeptic parties that had big wins were the French National Front and the British United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP). Other Euroskeptic parties on the continent, in Germany, Denmark, the Netherlands, Greece, and elsewhere, also made out quite well. It was a wake-up call to many European leaders who had been complacent and tried to label Euroskeptics as fringe or extremist. The performance of UKIP in particular, which beat all three mainstream parties in the election, made those labels ridiculous.

Community organizers in Portland outsmarted themselves. You hate Trader Joe’s, you get no Trader Joe’s — and all the good stuff that comes with it. Way to ‘serve’ the community!

The question for the Republic of South Africa now is whether its people have the will, and its politicians the skill, to live up to the dream and the potential which Nelson Mandela saw, created, and embodied.

Oprah’s outrageous, racist blather was so appreciated that President Obama gave her a medal.

Various groups that organized demonstrations this past weekend for Trayvon Martin have unjustly decided that George Zimmerman be punished for others who have expressed or acted upon racist views in American society.

Heartland Research Director S. T. Karnick was a guest on WJR-AM in Detroit to talk about his Daily Caller piece titled, “The Real Reason the Argument Over the Redskins’ Name Matters.”

[First posted at Ricochet.] Chicago teachers aren’t the only ones indoctrinating kids in progressive ideas such as the evils of being measured by results rather than attitudes. An Oregon principal recently told the Portland…