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HILL: Summer of Soul
During the summer of 1969, there was a music festival in the state of New York that was not held on Max Yazgur’s farm in Woodstock — the Harlem Cultural Festival, which also became known […]
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JOHNSON: Encouragement for a reader that not all white people are racists
“I am told by my President, and by every black leader in America that all whites are guilty of systemic racism! Even if they are not aware of what the term means! And it begins […]
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MATTHEWS: Sen. Tim Scott’s emergence as a Republican leader terrifies Democrats, media
Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) gave the Republican response to President Biden’s first address to a joint session of Congress last week. Some of the reactions to it from Democrats were so unhinged that if one […]
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MATTHEWS: NC Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson made quite the splash at House hearing last week
If there’s one thing that’s fun to watch about the usually tame proceedings that occur during House hearings, it’s when someone comes along and shakes things up. “Shaking things up” is exactly what happened last […]
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BARONE: The United States of Racial Quotas and Preferences
On Tuesday, six days into Joe Biden’s administration, it became clear why Susan Rice, hitherto a foreign policy specialist, was named director of the Domestic Policy Council. Rice — unconfirmable for a Cabinet post after […]
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WRAL opinion cartoonist depicts State Board of Education members as racists
RALEIGH – WRAL, the Raleigh TV station owned by left-wing donor James Goodmon, is facing instense criticism following its latest editoral cartoon. WRAL’s opinion cartoonist, Dennis Draughon, depicts Republican State Board of Education members as […]
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WILLIAMS: Costs must be weighed against benefits
This is one of the last two op-ed pieces Dr. Walter Williams ever wrote. One of the first lessons in an economics class is every action has a cost. That is in stark contrast to […]
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SOWELL: Walter E. Williams 1936-2020
Walter Williams loved teaching. Unlike too many other teachers today, he made it a point never to impose his opinions on his students. Those who read his syndicated newspaper columns know that he expressed his […]
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WILLIAMS: Discrimination and prejudice
Some of the confusion in thinking about matters of race stems from the ambiguity in the terms that we use. I am going to take a stab at suggesting operational definitions for a couple terms […]