Written by Charles Lipson
On his first day as president, Joe Biden issued an “Executive Order on Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities.” Mr. Biden’s cabinet nominees must now explain whether this commitment to “equity” means they intend to abolish “equal treatment under law.” Their answers are a confused mess.
Arkansas U.S. Senator Tom Cotton raised the question explicitly in confirmation hearings. Attorney General-designate Merrick Garland responded: “I think discrimination is morally wrong. Absolutely.”… Continue Reading
Tags: affirmative action, discrimination, Equity, Housing and Urban Development, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Marcia Fudge, Merrick Garland, social justice, Tom Cotton
Marriage, Family & Culture, Media Watch | David E. Smith | March 8, 2021 4:00 AM | Comments Off on ‘Equity’ Is a Mandate to Discriminate
Written by Robert Knight
Some progressives are grousing that Joe Biden’s Cabinet choices aren’t sufficiently Marxist. They want Bernie Sanders named as Labor secretary, for instance. The Nation magazine is less critical but also wants more lefties.
You just can’t please some people. The fabricated “Office of the President-Elect” has announced what amounts to a reunion of the Obama administration’s radical crew, and then some.
Take Susan Rice. After the United Nations ambassador was caught lying about the terrorist attack on the American consulate in Benghazi on Sept.… Continue Reading
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Federal Issues | David E. Smith | December 17, 2020 5:00 AM | Comments Off on Biden’s Cabinet Picks Avoid Left-Wing Loons But Show What He Means By ‘Unity’